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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-han Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
In-Ho Choi, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Tae-hwa Hong, Seoul, KR;
Hong-il Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Joo-young Son, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus includes an infrared outputter configured to output infrared light toward a user, an image capturer configured to photograph the user to generate a captured image, and a controller configured to detect, from the captured image, a pupil and an iris of the user, and a glint area generated by the infrared light, and to determine, in response to the pupil, the iris, and the glint area being detected, a direction of the user's gaze based on a relation between a location of the pupil, and the glint area, and a size of the iris.