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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:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sherman R. Alpert, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Shumin Zhai, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
A system and method for automatic selection of a vehicular sideview mirror using the eye gaze of a vehicle operator. Once a particular sideview mirror is selected, it can be adjusted as desired by the vehicle operator. The method and system includes an eye contact detection device or eye gaze tracking device for selecting a left or a right vehicle sideview mirror to adjust by detecting an eye gaze of the vehicle operator.