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Gaze-based secure keypad entry system

US6282553A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 1998
Grant dateAug 28, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/56
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for secure data entry, includes a virtual keypad having a plurality of keys, a mechanism for determining to which virtual key of the keypad a user is looking, and an actuator, operable by the user, for confirming key selection. Another system for secure data entry, includes a virtual keypad having a plurality of keys, an eye tracker for tracking eye movement of a user, and for receiving a coded input from an eye movement of the user gazing upon at least a selected one of the keys of the virtual keypad, and an actuator for being selectively actuated by the user upon confirmation of the coded input by the user.

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