Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for eye tracking with content-embedded glints
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Application No.: US16941908Application Date: 2020-07-29
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Publication No.: US10976817B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Jae Hwang Lee , Avi Bar-Zeev , Fletcher R. Rothkopf
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fernando & Partners, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G06T7/73 ; G06K9/20 ; G06K9/00 ; G02B27/01

Abstract:
In one implementation, a method includes: synthesizing an AR/VR content stream by embedding a plurality of glints provided for eye tracking into one or more content frames of the AR/VR content stream; displaying, via the one or more AR/VR displays, the AR/VR content stream to a user of the HMD; obtaining, via the image sensor, light intensity data corresponding to the one or more content frames of the AR/VR content stream that include the plurality of glints, wherein the light intensity data includes a projection of an eye of the user of the HMD having projected thereon the plurality of glints; and determining an orientation of the eye of the user of the HMD based on the light intensity data.
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