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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2023
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An eye blink detection method and system are disclosed. The eye blink detection method comprises: photographing a face using a DVS camera to obtain a stream of DVS pixels; integrating DVS pixels of the stream of DVS pixels to form a plurality of DVS frames, wherein each of the plurality of DVS frames comprises a plurality of first and second color pixels, each being associated with one or more DVS pixels indicating a brightening event and each of the second color pixel being associated with one or more DVS pixels indicating a darkening event; and determining whether there exists an eye blink action in a DVS frame of the plurality of DVS frames, wherein the determining comprises: determining whether there exists a pattern in which a first and second color region are distributed one above the other in an eye region of the at least one DVS frame.