US 12,326,975 B2
Personal device activation and unlocking using gaze tracking
Fredrik Dahlgren, Lund (SE); and Alexander Hunt, Tygelsjö (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on May 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/675,713.
Application 18/675,713 is a continuation of application No. 17/924,797, granted, now 12,026,307, previously published as PCT/EP2020/063902, filed on May 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0310910 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06V 20/60 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/013 (2013.01) [G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06V 20/60 (2022.01); G06V 2201/02 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of activating a display screen of a device, the method comprising:
establishing respective connections with one or more candidate devices, wherein each candidate device comprises a candidate display screen;
obtaining angle of arrival information of respective signals transmitted from the one or more candidate display screens or from the one or more candidate devices; and
selecting a display screen from the one or more candidate display screens based on the angle of arrival information indicating that selected display screen is in a direction of gaze of the eye of the user;
causing a confirmation code to be displayed on the selected display screen and obtaining an image of the selected display screen having the confirmation code displayed thereon; and
activating the selected display screen from an off or locked state based on detecting the confirmation code in the obtained image of the selected display screen.