Device incorporating eye-start capability
US7167201B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2213/025
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed is an eye-start system that includes a light source adapted to be housed within a viewfinder of a device, and a light sensor also adapted to be housed within the device viewfinder, the light sensor being configured to sense light from the light source that reflects off of a user looking into the viewfinder. With this system, light reflected off of the user is sensed by the light sensor and, upon such an occurrence, a device action is activated.
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