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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey P. Bigham, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mingzhe Li, Seattle, WA (US);
Samuel C. White, Merritt Island, FL (US);
Xiaoyi Zhang, Seattle, WA (US);
Qi Shan, Seattle, WA (US);
Carlos E. Guestrin, Seattle, WA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Calibration of eye tracking is improved by collecting additional calibration pairs when user is using apps with eye tracking. A user input component is presented on a display of an electronic device, detecting a dwelling action for user input component, and in response to detecting the dwelling action, obtaining a calibration pair comprising an uncalibrated gaze point and a screen location of the user input component, wherein the uncalibrated gaze point is determined based on an eye pose during the dwelling action. A screen gaze estimation is determine based on the uncalibrated gaze point, and in response to determining that the calibration pair is a valid calibration pair, training a calibration model using the calibration pair.