Camera with an eye-gaze position detecting device
US5537181A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2213/025
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A camera device comprises an eye-gaze position detecting for detecting a photographer's eye-gaze position in a photographing image field, a starting device responsive to the satisfaction of a predetermined condition indicative of a situation in which the detection of the eye-gaze position should be started to start the operation of the eye-gaze position detecting device, a timer device responsive to the counting of a predetermined time from after the power source of the camera is turned on to stop the operation of the eye-gaze position detecting device, a timer resetting device responsive to the satisfaction of the predetermined condition to initialize the time counting by the timer device.
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