Eye direction detecting apparatus

Details Eye direction detecting apparatus Eye direction detecting apparatus

1995-01-09

1996-12-10

Adams, Russell E.

Photography

Eye tracking

396384, 396385, G03B 700

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055836062

ABSTRACT:
An eye direction detecting apparatus for a camera having a light transferring system for guiding a beam of parallel light rays to an eye of a photographer includes a light receiving system having a light receiving portion on which a first Purkinje image based on specular reflection of a cornea of the eye and reflecting light from a retina of the eye is formed, the light receiving portion generating a light receiving output. The apparatus further includes a processing circuit for detecting the eye direction of the eye based on the light receiving output of the light receiving portion. Further, according to the teachings of the present invention, including an optical member having certain identically inclined surfaces prevents refracted light from forming a ghost image within the light receiving system of an eye direction detecting apparatus.

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