Gaze tracking system, eye-tracking assembly and an associated method of calibration

US7130447B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• John H. Aughey · Saint Louis, US
• Michael Rohr · Dortmund, DE
• Steven Swaine · Holden, US
• Carl J. Vorst · Overland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 31, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 23, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B2027/0198
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for tracking a gaze of an operator includes a head-mounted eye tracking assembly, a head-mounted head tracking assembly and a processing element. The head-mounted eye tracking assembly comprises a visor having an arcuate shape including a concave surface and an opposed convex surface. The visor is capable of being disposed such that at least a portion of the visor is located outside a field of view of the operator. The head-mounted head tracking sensor is capable of repeatedly determining a position of the head to thereby track movement of the head. In this regard, each position of the head is associated with a position of the at least one eye. Thus, the processing element can repeatedly determine the gaze of the operator, based upon each position of the head and the associated position of the eyes, thereby tracking the gaze of the operator.