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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Stephen Douglas Huffman, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US);
Michael Patrick Rigney, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Douglas Huffman, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US);
Michael Patrick Rigney, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for gaze detection of an animate subject, typically a human. The subject's pupils are located in three dimensional space, using red-eye detection techniques and triangulation. Then, the gaze direction is determined based on the shape of the subject's irises.