LG suspects Samsung in violation of the patent for eye-tracking technology in the Galaxy S 4 smartphone

Samsung's Galaxy S 4 has not even gone on sale yet, as it has already caused the company to suspect a possible patent infringement. According to Yonhap News, the largest Korean news agency, LG suspects that the Galaxy S 4 may violate a patent for eye-tracking technology (allows you to track the movement of a person’s gaze) used in LG’s Optimus G Pro smartphone.

The basis of this skirmish is the Smart Pause function (the smartphone stops the video when the user looks away from the screen, whether it will turn on again if the look returns to the screen is unknown) by Samsung, which LG finds similar to its Smart Video technology. As it turned out, LG received a patent for this technology back in 2009, although the company also plans to investigate whether Samsung had violated other eye-tracking technology patents relating to 2005.

So far, of course, Samsung denies its guilt, stating that eye-tracking in their case is implemented differently and is based on its own patented technology. Given that the phone has not yet gone on sale, LG will hold its expertise before blaming Samsung in court.
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Original article text: www.engadget.com/2013/03/19/lg-suspects-samsung-of-infringing-its-eye-tracking-patents-in-galaxy-s-4