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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jacob Wilson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tobias Eble, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sabine Webel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hariprasad Puthukkootil Rajagopal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andreas Gapel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ritesh Gangadhar Sholapur, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Eye tracking is performed by determining an initial pupil position of a user in relation to a lens situated in front of the user, detecting a change in pupil position in relation to the lens to an updated pupil position in relation to the lens, and determining that the updated pupil position is outside a bounding box associated with the lens. The updated pupil position is a replacement pupil position with a replacement pupil position within the bounding box associated with the lens, and the updated pupil position is utilized for eye-tracking functionality. Eye tracking is also performed by determining that a first pixel associated with a gaze direction is outside a visibility region, identifying a replacement pixel within the visibility region, determining an updated gaze angle based on the replacement pixel, and performing eye tracking using the updated gaze angle.