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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Sensomotoric Instruments Gesellschaft Fur Innovative Sensorik Mbh, Teltow, DE;
Claudio Caraffi, Berlin, DE;
Matthias Nieser, Berlin, DE;
Fabian Wanner, Berlin, DE;
Walter Nistico, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an eye tracking device and a method for operating an eye tracking device () comprising an imaging device (), a plurality of light sources (), a processing unit and a control unit. The imaging device () captures a first image () while at least one of the light sources () emits light. If at least one first reflection (-) is detected, a position in the first image () of the at least one first reflection (-) is determined, the first reflection (-) is categorized on the basis of the position in the first image () and if the first image () does not fulfill a predefined quality criterion, the plurality of light sources () is controlled in dependence of the categorization by changing the light intensity of at least one light source ().