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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Fabio Cappello, London, GB;

Maria Chiara Monti, London, GB;

Alexander Smith, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/383 (2018.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/383 (2018.05); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.05); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gaze tracking system comprising a first camera operable to capture images of a user within an environment, a second camera, having a smaller field of view than the first camera, operable to capture images of at least one of the user's eyes, an eye identification unit operable to identify a location of at least one of the user's eyes from images captured by the first camera, a camera control unit operable to modify the position and/or orientation of the second camera in dependence upon the detected location of the at least one of the user's eyes, so as to cause the second camera to be able to capture images of at least one of the user's eyes, and a gaze direction identification unit operable to identify a gaze direction of the user from images captured by the second camera.


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