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Eye tracking device and eye tracking method

US10496166B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 13, 2017
Grant dateDec 3, 2019
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/141
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An eye tracking method in the disclosure comprises an image-capturing step of capturing a facial image including an eyeball of an object person, light from a light source that emits the light to form a corneal reflex point on the eyeball of the object person who gazes at a predetermined gaze point being reflected from the eyeball, a detecting step of calculating visual line information in a world coordinate system using the facial image captured in the image-capturing step and a correcting step of transforming the visual line information in the world coordinate system calculated in the detecting step into visual line information in a correction coordinate system that is a coordinate system different from the world coordinate system, and correcting the visual line information in the correction coordinate system using correction information for correcting a detection error caused by an individual difference of the eyeball.

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