Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Eye tracking device and eye tracking method
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Application No.: US16578501Application Date: 2019-09-23
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Publication No.: US11061470B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Masaru Ninomiya
- Applicant: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
- Current Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-149684 20170802
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G06T7/70 ; H04N5/235

Abstract:
An eye tracking device includes at least one light source configured to irradiate detection light for eye tracking to at least one eyeball of a subject; at least one imager configured to capture image of the at least one eyeball; a position detecting unit configured to detect a position of a pupil center of the at least one eyeball and a position of a corneal reflex center of the at least one eyeball from the captured image; a gaze determining unit configured to determine whether the subject is gazing at a target position based on the position of the pupil center and the position of the corneal reflex center; and a calibration unit configured to perform calibration for the eye tracking based on the captured image when the gaze determining unit determines that the target position is gazed at by the subject.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200019241A1 EYE TRACKING DEVICE AND EYE TRACKING METHOD Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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