- Patent Title: Eye tracking device and method for operating an eye tracking device
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Application No.: US15571966Application Date: 2016-05-04
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Publication No.: US10437327B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Tom Sengelaub , Martin Haller , Jan Hoffmann
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fernando & Partners, LLP
- Agent William J. Higley
- Priority: EP15167021 20150508
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/059996 WO 20160504
- International Announcement: WO2016/180702 WO 20161117
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06F3/01 ; A61B3/113

Abstract:
The invention relates to an eye tracking device (10a; 10b; 10c) comprising a processing unit (18) and an optical system (14), which comprises a capturing unit. The optical system (14) provides a first optical path (P; P1) with a first imaging property and a second optical path (P; P2) with a second imaging property and the capturing unit (C; C1, C2) captures a first image (24a) by capturing light that has passed along the first optical path (P; P1) and a second image (24b) by capturing light that has passed along the second optical path (P; P2), so that due to the difference of the first and second imaging property the first (24a) and the second image (24b) comprise a difference related to a characteristic of at least part of the first and the second image (24b), wherein the eye tracking device (10a; 10b; 10c) is configured to determine a property of the eye (12) on the basis of at least one of the first image (24a) and the second image (24b).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180120932A1 EYE TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EYE TRACKING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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