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Method for automatically identifying at least one user of an eye tracking device and eye tracking device

US10521012B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Kun Liu · Berlin, DE
Fabian Wanner · Berlin, DE
Walter Nistico · Redwood City, US
Matthias Nieser · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 2016
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L17/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for automatically identifying at least one user of an eye tracking device (10) by means of the eye tracking device (10), wherein user identification data of the at least one user are captured by a capturing device (14) of the eye tracking device (10). Under the first condition that at least one profile (P1, P2, P3) with associated identification data (I1, I2, I3) of at least one specific user is stored in a storage medium (20), the stored identification data (I1, I2, I3) of the at least one profile (P1, P2, P3) are compared with the captured user identification data, and under the second condition that the captured user identification data match the stored identification data (I1, I2, I3) according to a predefined criterion, the at least one user is identified as the at least one specific user, for whom the at least one profile (P1, P2, P3) was stored.

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