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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2017
Applicant:

Stichting Imec Nederland, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Carlos Agell, Eindhoven, NL;

Pierluigi Casale, Leuven, BE;

Assignee:

Stichting IMEC Nederland, Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); A61B 3/113 (2006.01); A61B 5/0496 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); A61B 3/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); A61B 3/113 (2013.01); A61B 5/0496 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06K 9/0061 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); H04N 5/23241 (2013.01); A61B 3/112 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30041 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a method for eye tracking, comprising: capturing a sequence of digital images of an eye of a user; outputting data including said sequence of images to an image processing unit; processing said data by the image processing unit to determine a sequence of positions of the eye, each position being indicative of a gaze direction, acquiring biosignal data representing an activity of the eye; and in response to detecting closing of the eye based on the acquired biosignal data, pausing at least one of said capturing, said outputting and said processing. A system for implementing the method is also disclosed.


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