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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2019
Honda Motor Co.,ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Weifeng Zhang, Saitama, JP;
Kenji Okuma, Saitama, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A line-of-sight detection apparatus includes a first direction determining section that determines a first direction that is a direction of a line of sight of a first eye of a subject; a second direction determining section that determines a second direction that is a direction of a line of sight of a second eye of the subject; an assuming section that assumes a gaze direction of the subject based on at least one of (i) a manipulation by the subject of a device provided with a line-of-sight measurement apparatus that measures a line of sight of the subject, (ii) a state of the device, and (iii) an orientation of a face of the subject; and a first judging section that compares the assumed gaze direction, the first direction, and the second direction, and judges which of the first eye and the second eye is a dominant eye.