Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177363 | System and method for tracking eyeball motion Detecting position information related to a face, and more particularly to an eyeball in a face, using a detection and ranging system, such as a Radio Detection And Ranging (“RADAR”) system, or a Light Detection And Ranging (“LIDAR”) system. The position inf... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162479 | Saccadic motion detection system A saccadic motion detection system comprised of an optical system that focuses light reflected or emitted from the subject's eye onto an optical navigation chip, which connects to circuitry configured to convert analog light from the eye to digital representations m... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8136944 | System and method for identifying the existence and position of text in visual media content and for determining a subjects interactions with the text A reading meter system and method is provided for identifying the existence and position of text in visual media content and determining if a subject has interacted with the text and/or the level of the subject's interaction with the text. The determination may, for... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128230 | System and apparatus for object based attention tracking in a virtual environment A system and operational method that supplies visual stimuli to each subject in the form of a virtual environment in which at least the objects of interest have a three dimensional wire frame or mesh frame of a number of polygons that is surrounded with at least one... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8100532 | Eye and body movement tracking for testing and/or training The eye movement, body movement, and/or physiological performance of a subject may tracked while the subject performs a task, such as participating in an activity or sport. The collected data may then be used to identify correlations between the subject's eyesight a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096660 | Method and apparatus for communication between humans and devices This invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving communications between humans and devices. The invention provides a method of modulating operation of a device, comprising: providing an attentive user interface for obtaining information about an attenti... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8066375 | Eye tracker having an extended span of operating distances The present invention relates to automatic registration and tracking of the eyes of at least one subject. An optical system, including a lens structure, a mask and an image sensor, receives incoming light from a scene containing the subject and directs at least a po... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8025404 | Method and apparatus for monitoring eye tremor An apparatus consistent with the present invention comprises a sensor for receiving a signal representing eye tremor and a processor for monitoring eye tremor while receiving the signal. A method consistent with the present invention includes receiving a signal repr... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7976162 | Eye examining system and method The present invention is directed to a system and method of using a hand held occluder, which is visually opaque but transmits infrared light, in combination with an infrared imaging device for measuring deviations of an eye using cornea reflex measurement of a fixa... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967439 | Wireless scleral search coil including systems for measuring eye movement and methods related thereto Featured is a wireless scleral search coil that includes one or more passive, resonant coils and in a particular embodiment two orthogonal, passive, resonant coils, where each coil resonates at a different frequency. Each resonant coil includes a coil-capacitor circ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7931370 | Eye movement sensor device The eye movement sensor comprises a helmet (1) adjustable to the head of a patient who is undergoing an ophthalmologic examination, in a unit with seat (10) and projection screen (11) of light spots in front, the same helmet (1) incorpora... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7862171 | Ophthalmic lens element for myopia correction An ophthalmic lens element (100) for correcting myopia in a wearer's eye is disclosed. The lens element (100) includes a central zone (102) and a peripheral zone (104). The central zone (102) provides a first optical correction for... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850306 | Visual cognition aware display and visual data transmission architecture Methods, apparatus and computer program products reduce bandwidth requirements in mobile video and gaming applications by tracking a gaze fixation point of a user on a video image at a remote location; generating information identifying the gaze fixation point at th... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850307 | Eyeball locating method and system An eyeball locating system includes a display panel, an application program and a matrix optical sensor. The matrix optical sensor is disposed in the display panel. The application program controls the matrix optical sensor, executing an eyeball locating method to m... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832866 | Eye-tracking method and system for implementing the same An eye-tracking method includes acquiring an image of an eye of a user, identifying a pupil of and a reflected light spot on the eye from the acquired image, determining a distance of the reflected light spot from a reference point on the pupil and an angle of the r... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7815311 | Alertness sensing spectacles Spectacles for use in an eye monitoring system include a pair of ocular frames and a sensor unit adapted to be positioned adjacent an eye of the wearer. A nose bridge connects the ocular frames and incorporates an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the vertical posi... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7798643 | System for analyzing eye responses to automatically track size, location, and movement of the pupil The present system for analyzing eye responses accurately and automatically tracks the size, location, and movement of a subject's pupil(s) in response to a predetermined test protocol. These eye responses include both ocularmotor and pupillary responses to illumina... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794085 | Method and device for determining the eye's rotation center The invention relates to a device for determining the center of rotation of an eye of a person relative to a frame of reference associated with the person or with said person's eyeglasses, making it possible to determine the visual axis of the person along at least ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7784944 | Method and device for determining movement of a human eye A device for determining a movement of an eye includes an illumination unit by which optical radiation can be generated and emitted as an illumination ray bundle for illumination of at least one area of the cornea of the eye, a distance-determining unit, by which th... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7775661 | System and apparatus for object based attention tracking in a virtual environment A system and operational method that supplies visual stimuli to each subject in the form of a virtual environment in which at least the objects of interest have a three dimensional wire frame or mesh frame of a number of polygons that is surrounded with at least one... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7766479 | View point detecting device A gaze point detecting device 1 detects a gaze point of an object person by projecting a display image displayed by an LCD 8 to outside via a finder 4 and capturing an eye image of the object person by a CCD 11 in response to illumination... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762665 | Method and apparatus for communication between humans and devices This invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving communications between humans and devices. The invention provides a method of modulating operation of a device, comprising: providing an attentive user interface for obtaining information about an attenti... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7708407 | Eye tracking compensated method and device thereof Motion blur associated with hold-type display devices may be reduced by eye tracking compensation. Eye tracking compensation may depend on the magnitude and direction of a motion vector, which may be used to generate a human-vision image compensation signal. An orig... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7703921 | Method and device for tracking eye movements A method and a device for tracking eye movements that ensure a reliable tracking of eye movements with simple operation. To this end, irradiation ensues through the pupil from outside the eye. Light emitted from the pupil is used to determine the position of the eye... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699469 | System and method for tracking eyeball motion Detecting position information related to a face, and more particularly to an eyeball in a face, using a detection and ranging system, such as a Radio Detection And Ranging (“RADAR”) system, or a Light Detection And Ranging (“LIDAR”) system. The position inf... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7682023 | Limbal-based eye tracking A method of determining and/or tracking the position of an eye, includes utilizing at least two wavelength components of a plural wavelength zone that traverses the limbus of the eye to obtain a profile of whiteness and/or redness across the zone, and identifying fr... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7682024 | Saccadic motion sensing A saccadic motion detector comprised an optical system that focuses light reflected or emitted from the subject's eye onto an optical navigation chip, which connects to circuitry configured to convert analog light from the eye to digital representations motion of th... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7682025 | Gaze tracking using multiple images Systems and methods for facilitating gaze tracking based on multiple images are disclosed. A gaze tracking system includes an optical module configured to receive illumination from a target and provide a background and tracking channel outputs, the background channe... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7614745 | System for analyzing eye responses to automatically determine impairment of a subject The impairment determination system automatically determines impairment of a subject based on pupil movement, as well as pupil responses to illumination and target tracking for either eye or both eyes simultaneously. The impairment determination system automatically... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7614744 | Optical image measuring apparatus An optical image measuring apparatus capable of speedily starting image measurement in response to a measurement start request and performing image measurement on a region on which focus is achieved at determination of an image region. When observation light (M) is ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7572011 | Contact lenses for use in motion capture An apparatus for use in motion capture includes a contact lens and a tracking feature incorporated into the contact lens. A method for use in motion capture includes inserting a contact lens having a tracking feature into a performer's eye and tracking movements of ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7566131 | Refraction measuring instrument A refraction measuring instrument for measuring the refraction of an eye to be examined while the subject is viewing an external object in a more natural posture. A measuring light beam from a light source 21 is reflected from a mirror 25, shaped into ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7517085 | Method and apparatus for eye tracking latency reduction A method for enhancing the performance of an eye position measurement system, said method comprising: based on a measurement of past eye positions, calculating a prediction of a future eye position; using said calc... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7503653 | Diagnostic system having gaze tracking A method for comparing image portions of at least two images, comprising the steps of: displaying a first digital image on a display; determining gaze data of a user viewing the first digital image displayed on the display; determining the portion of the first digit... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7488072 | Eye tracked foveal display by controlled illumination An apparatus for viewing includes a screen. The apparatus includes means for detecting a fixation point of a viewer's eyes on an image on the screen. The apparatus includes means for displaying a foveal inset image on the image on the screen about the fixation point... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7465050 | Method and apparatus for three-dimensional video-oculography A device for measuring the three-dimensional movements of an eye includes: (a) a mark array that identifies prescribed positions on the eye whose movements are to be measured, (b) a digital camera for capturing the two-dimensional images of this marker array as the ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7438414 | Gaze discriminating electronic control apparatus, system, method and computer program product An electronic control apparatus, system, method and computer program product for selecting and controlling an electronic device from among a plurality of available electronic devices based upon the substantially contemporaneous issuance of a verbal command and devic... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438415 | Eye examination device by means of tomography with a sighting device A sighting device is provided for an examination of the eye, including at least one moving target with a programmable form and trajectory, the target being displayed on a visualisation unit, such as an appropriate screen and visible from both eyes during the examina... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429108 | Gaze-responsive interface to enhance on-screen user reading tasks A system, method, and computer program product for automatically providing reading place-markers to a user reading a textual document upon an electronic display. A gaze-tracking element monitors a user's gaze while he or she reads the textual document and determines... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422326 | Monkey visual field measurement system and visual field measurement method The present invention relates to a system and a method for determining a field of a vision of a monkey. Its object is to provide a system and a method which can cause a monkey to effect accurate visual field determination like a human subject. To achieve the object,... | 09/09/2008 |
