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Visual axis detecting apparatus

US6674964B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 2002
Grant dateJan 6, 2004
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

Disclosed is a visual axis detecting apparatus having: a visual axis detection circuit for detecting a visual axis of an observer; an arithmetic circuit for performing an arithmetic operation of calculating a distributed state of variations of visual axis positions obtained in a plurality of visual axis detections executed by the visual axis detection circuit in a state in which the observer is observing a predetermined point, with respect to the predetermined point; a determination circuit for determining a condition of the visual axis according to the result of detection by the visual axis detection circuit; and a change circuit for changing a determination process of determining the condition of the visual axis by the determination circuit, according to the distributed state of variations.

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