Patents by Inventor John B. Baluch

John B. Baluch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Off-axis gaze tracking in in-vehicle computing systems
    Patent number: 11150729
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for gaze tracking with an in-vehicle computing system. In one example, an in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle includes a camera, a light source, a display, a processor, and a storage device storing instructions executable to direct light from the light source to an eye of one or more occupants of the vehicle, receive, at the camera, light reflected from the eye of the one or more occupants of the vehicle, determine a gaze direction of each of the one or more occupants of the vehicle, and operate one or more of the in-vehicle computing system and another vehicle system based on the determined gaze direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Rashmi Rao, John B. Baluch
  • OFF-AXIS GAZE TRACKING IN IN-VEHICLE COMPUTING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200301507
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for gaze tracking with an in-vehicle computing system. In one example, an in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle includes a camera, a light source, a display, a processor, and a storage device storing instructions executable to direct light from the light source to an eye of one or more occupants of the vehicle, receive, at the camera, light reflected from the eye of the one or more occupants of the vehicle, determine a gaze direction of each of the one or more occupants of the vehicle, and operate one or more of the in-vehicle computing system and another vehicle system based on the determined gaze direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Rashmi Rao, John B. Baluch
  • Off-axis gaze tracking in in-vehicle computing systems
    Patent number: 10712816
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for gaze tracking with an in-vehicle computing system. In one example, an in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle includes a camera, a light source, a display, a processor, and a storage device storing instructions executable to direct light from the light source to an eye of one or more occupants of the vehicle, receive, at the camera, light reflected from the eye of the one or more occupants of the vehicle, determine a gaze direction of each of the one or more occupants of the vehicle, and operate one or more of the in-vehicle computing system and another vehicle system based on the determined gaze direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Rashmi Rao, John B. Baluch
  • OFF-AXIS GAZE TRACKING IN IN-VEHICLE COMPUTING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190056782
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for gaze tracking with an in-vehicle computing system. In one example, an in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle includes a camera, a light source, a display, a processor, and a storage device storing instructions executable to direct light from the light source to an eye of one or more occupants of the vehicle, receive, at the camera, light reflected from the eye of the one or more occupants of the vehicle, determine a gaze direction of each of the one or more occupants of the vehicle, and operate one or more of the in-vehicle computing system and another vehicle system based on the determined gaze direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Rashmi Rao, John B. Baluch