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Visual axis detection apparatus and optical apparatus provided therewith

US6035054A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 1997
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2213/025
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a visual axis detection apparatus and the like which is constituted by light receiving device for receiving image of an observer's eye, read-out device for reading out the photoelectric conversion signals from the light receiving device, information processing device for extracting a plurality of characteristic information on the basis of the signals read out by the read-out device and outputting information regarding the direction of the observer's visual axis and restricting device for giving a restriction to the read-out area of the light receiving device.

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