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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that track an eye characteristic (e.g., gaze direction, eye orientation, etc.). For example, an example process may include producing light that reflects off a retina of an eye, receiving an image of a portion of the retina from an image sensor, the image corresponding to a plurality of reflections of the light scattered from the retina of the eye, obtaining a representation of the eye corresponding to a first accommodative state, the representation representing at least some of the portion of the retina, and tracking an eye characteristic based on a comparison of the image of the portion of the retina with the representation of the eye.