Patent · US Active

Method for operating an eye tracking device and eye tracking device for providing an active power management

US10528127B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Claudio Caraffi · Berlin, DE
Matthias Nieser · Berlin, DE
Fabian Wanner · Berlin, DE
Walter Nistico · Redwood City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 2014
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/90
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating an eye tracking device (10) comprising as components an imaging device (20), an illumination unit (30) and a processing unit (40) and further at least two adjustment parameters (PA), for adjusting the components (20; 30; 40). The eye tracking device (10) comprises a control unit (42) for controlling the adjustment parameters (PA). According to the method an image (60) of an eye is captured, a condition (44) with respect to a quality related to eye tracking or a power consumption of the components (20; 30; 40) is set, a predefined correlation (42a) correlating the adjustment parameters (PA) to the quality and the power consumption is provided and the control unit (42) controls the adjustment parameters (PA) according to the predefined correlation (42a), so that the element, with respect to which the condition (44) was set, fulfils the condition (44).

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