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Method for operating an eye tracking device for multi-user eye tracking and eye tracking device

US11009945B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	May 18, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V40/19
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating an eye tracking device (10) for multi¬user eye tracking, wherein images (24) of a predefined capturing area (14) of the eye tracking device (10) are captured by means of an imaging device (12) of the eye tracking device (10) and the captured images (24) are processed by means of a processing unit (16) of the eye tracking device (10). If a first user (26a) and a second user (26b) are present in the predefined capturing area (14) of the eye tracking device (10), a first information relating to the first user (26a) and a second information relating to the second user (26b) are determined on the basis of the captured images (24) by processing the images (24). Furthermore the images (24) are captured successively in a predeterminable time sequence.

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