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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Dongwoo Kang, Seoul, KR;
Jingu Heo, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/0025 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An eye tracking method and apparatus is provided. The eye tracking method includes determining whether a reflection area generated by an illumination is included in an input image, removing the reflection area from the input image in response to a determination that the reflection area is included in the input image, and outputting coordinates of an eye of a user from an image in which the reflection area is removed.