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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2019
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Hitoshi Mukai, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Yamamoto, Nara, JP;
Masaki Suwa, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Kinoshita, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gaze detector with which it is possible to detect a gaze (start point and gaze direction) by a simple configuration. The gaze detector detects a person's gaze, wherein the gaze detector is provided with a camera unitfor imaging the face of the person, a projector unitfor projecting a prescribed pattern light to the face of the person, a control unitfor controlling the presence of projection of the pattern light by the camera unitand the projector unit, and a gaze detection processing unitfor detecting a gaze from the image of the face of the person imaged by the camera unit.