Photography – Eye tracking
Patent
1994-06-13
1997-06-17
Adams, Russell E.
Photography
Eye tracking
G03B 1302
Patent
active
056406100
ABSTRACT:
A camera with a line-of-sight detecting device, having a light source illuminating an eye of a photographer with light; a conversion device converting reflected light from the illuminated eye to an output corresponding to the intensity of the reflected light; and an eye gazing point determination system identifying an eye-gazing point of the photographer when an output difference or an output ratio between a peak output and a background output of the conversion device is greater than a predetermined value and when the magnitude of a peak output from the conversion device is within a predetermined range.
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Sato Shigemasa
Tazaki Kenji
Watanabe Toshimi
Adams Russell E.
Nikon Corporation
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