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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Hayes Solos Raffle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yong Zhao, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hayes Solos Raffle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yong Zhao, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a technique that can help to detect a blink of an eye and a direction along which the eye is oriented before, after, or during the blink. To this end, light data can be received from at least one light sensor. The light data indicates at least one characteristic of light reflected from an eye area. A blink event can be detected based on the light data. A gaze direction can be determined based on the blink event. At least one computing action can be performed based on the gaze direction.