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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2020
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Hiroshi Yasuda, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexander Russell Green, Redwood City, CA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
Vehicles and systems and methods for determining a viewing direction of a user are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for detecting a viewing direction of a user includes a marker arranged at a fixed location, and an optical assembly. The optical assembly includes a first optical sensor arranged to view the marker, and a second optical sensor arranged to view the user. The first optical sensor detects the marker for determining a spatial location of the optical assembly with respect to the marker, and the second optical sensor detects an eye of the user for determining an eye angle of the user.