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WO1999005988A3
WO1999005988A3 PCT/US1998/015920 US9815920W WO9905988A3 WO 1999005988 A3 WO1999005988 A3 WO 1999005988A3 US 9815920 W US9815920 W US 9815920W WO 9905988 A3 WO9905988 A3 WO 9905988A3
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axis
illumination source
eye tracker
ring illumination
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Joshua D Borah
Charles Valois
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Applied Science Lab
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B3/00—Apparatus for testing the eyes; Instruments for examining the eyes
    • A61B3/10—Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients' perceptions or reactions
    • A61B3/113—Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients' perceptions or reactions for determining or recording eye movement
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V40/00—Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data
    • G06V40/10—Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
    • G06V40/18—Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris
    • G06V40/19—Sensors therefor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B2213/00—Viewfinders; Focusing aids for cameras; Means for focusing for cameras; Autofocus systems for cameras
    • G03B2213/02—Viewfinders
    • G03B2213/025—Sightline detection

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Abstract

A camera assembly for use in an eye tracking apparatus, the camera assembly including a camera with a lens having an axis (50); and a ring shaped light source (12) disposed around the image axis and near the periphery of the lens aperture, the light source oriented to direct light along the camera axis toward the target.
PCT/US1998/015920 1997-07-30 1998-07-29 An eye tracker using an off-axis, ring illumination source WO1999005988A2 (en)

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