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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:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1995
Marc D Rafal, Rockville, MD (US);
Eric Starin, Rockville, MD (US);
Jeff L Krichmar, Kensington, MD (US);
Pulse Medical Instruments, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
A pupil detection system projects two small infrared (IR) spots separated by approximately 0.5 mm. Each spot is turned on at different times (or alternatively, they can be modulated at different frequencies). The error signal produced by each spot is compared. If the errors are similar, a pupil is present. If the errors are different, no pupil is present (i.e., a blink or lost tracking). The sequencing of the IR spots and the reading of the detector data occur at the higher rates needed for accurate eye tracking.
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