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Eye tracking apparatus

Patent 6459446 Issued on October 1, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject February 20, 2022. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 077953 filed on 02/20/2002

US Classes:

348/51, Stereoscopic display device348/42, STEREOSCOPIC348/53Viewer attached

Examiners

Primary: Le, Vu A.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 1-259347 JP. 10/12/1989
  • 1-259348 JP. 10/12/1989
  • 1-259349 JP. 10/12/1989
  • WO 96/18925 WO. 06/12/1996

International Classes

H04N 015/00
H04N 013/04

Foreign Application Priority Data

1997-11-21 AU

Abstract

A tracking system is provided for locating the eyes of a viewer including: an illumination element; a plurality of cameras; and a processor; wherein at least the viewer's eyes are illuminated by the illumination element to enable capture by each camera, and wherein the processor is adapted to process images from each camera so as to detect the position of the viewer's eyes.

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