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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Nvidia Corp., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Whitmire, Seattle, WA (US);
Kaan Aksit, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Stengel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jan Kautz, Lexington, MA (US);
David Luebke, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Ben Boudaoud, Efland, NC (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corp., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G06F 3/0325 (2013.01); G06K 9/00604 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gaze tracking system for use in head mounted displays includes an eyepiece having an opaque frame circumferentially enclosing a transparent field of view, light emitting diodes coupled to the opaque frame for emitting infrared light onto various regions of an eye gazing through the transparent field of view, and diodes for sensing intensity of infrared light reflected off of various regions of the eye.