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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Iucf-hyu (Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University), Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a gaze tracking apparatus for a user wearing a vision aid, the apparatus including a lighting element unit including a first infrared lighting element and a second infrared lighting element to radiate an infrared light to a user, an image acquirer to acquire an eye image of the user, the eye image including a first corneal reflection light, a second corneal reflection light, a first lens reflection light, and a second lens reflection light, and a processor to turn off the second infrared lighting element when interference occurs between the second lens reflection light and the first corneal reflection light in the acquired eye image, and to compute a gaze position of the user based on user calibration information, and coordinates of the first corneal reflection light.