The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiko Konno, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A visual line detecting apparatus includes a plurality of right-eye illumination elements, a plurality of left-eye illumination elements, a right-eye camera configured to capture an image formed by light reflected by the right eye, out of the lights from the plurality of right-eye illumination elements, and a left-eye camera configured to capture an image formed by light reflected by the left eye, out of the lights from the plurality of left-eye illumination elements. An imaging direction of the right-eye camera and an imaging direction of the left-eye camera are different from each other and a position of the right-eye camera relative to the right eye and a position of the left-eye camera relative to the left eye are different from each other in a vertical direction orthogonal to a lateral direction in which the right eye and the left eye are arranged.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile