Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gaze tracking using mapping of pupil center position
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Application No.: US16670483Application Date: 2019-10-31
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Publication No.: US11249547B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Tiesheng Wang , Gilfredo Remon Salazar , Yimu Wang , Pravin Kumar Rana , Johannes Kron , Mark Ryan , Torbjörn Sundberg
- Applicant: Tobii AB
- Applicant Address: SE Danderyd
- Assignee: Tobii AB
- Current Assignee: Tobii AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Danderyd
- Agent Samuel I. Yamron
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G06K9/00

Abstract:
Images of an eye are captured by a camera. For each of the images, gaze data is obtained and a position of a pupil center is estimated in the image. The gaze data indicates a gaze point and/or gaze direction of the eye when the image was captured. A mapping is calibrated using the obtained gaze data and the estimated positions of the pupil center. The mapping maps positions of the pupil center in images captured by the camera to gaze points at a surface, or to gaze directions. A further image of the eye is captured by the camera. A position of the pupil center is estimated in the further image. Gaze tracking is performed using the calibrated mapping and the estimated position of the pupil center in the further image. These steps may for example be performed at a HMD.
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