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Method of detecting eye fixation using image processing

US5818954A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1991
Grant dateOct 6, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2011

Classification

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

Abstract

The inventive method calculates a position of the center of the eyeball as a fixed displacement from an origin of a facial coordinate system established by detection of three points on the face, and computes a vector therefrom to the center of the pupil. The vector and the detected position of the pupil are used to determine the visual axis.

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