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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Kenji Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sotaro Tsukizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sotaro Tsukizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The visual line estimating apparatuscomprises: an image inputting sectionoperable to take an image of a human; a visual line measurement sectionoperable to measure a direction of a visual line on the basis of the taken image; a visual line measuring result storing sectionoperable to store therein visual line measuring results previously measured; a representative value extracting sectionoperable to extract a previous representative value; and a visual line determining sectionoperable to judge whether or not a difference between the representative value and the visual line measuring result is lower than a predetermined threshold to determine a visual line estimating result from the representative value and the visual line measuring result.