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7572008 |
Method and installation for detecting and following an eye and the gaze direction thereof
When detecting the position and gaze direction of eyes, a photo sensor ( 1 ) and light sources ( 2, 3 ) placed around a display ( 1 ) and a calculation and control unit ( 6 ) are used. One of the...
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7542665 |
Fully automatic, head mounted, hand and eye free camera system and photography
A fully automatic, head mounted, hand and eye free camera System and photography are disclosed. The fully automatic, head mounted, hand and eye free camera System consist of three components: A) a...
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7460771 |
Image editing device and image editing method
An image capturing apparatus includes a biological information recording section for recording biological information concerning movement of a photographer in association with time information...
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7439940 |
Passive virtual reality
A method and apparatus for providing, in response to image signals originating in an object space, mixed image signals for providing nonuniform resolution images for stimulating simulated active...
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7430365 |
Safe eye detection
An eye detection system for safe detection of the eye positions of a subject estimates the distance from the eye detection system to the subject and reduces the power level of at least one primary...
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7370970 |
Eyeglass detection method
The presence of eyeglasses worn by a human subject is detected regardless of whether the subject's head is viewed frontally or in profile. Image data within search windows defined relative to the...
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7331929 |
Method and apparatus for surgical operating room information display gaze detection and user prioritization for control
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using gaze detection to improve information display in a healthcare environment. Certain embodiments of a system include...
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7221863 |
Image processing apparatus and method, and program and recording medium used therewith
An image processing apparatus displays a realistic image depending on a user's viewpoint. A sensor control unit 41 detects a user's viewpoint and a point of interest based on signals from various...
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7212235 |
Image pickup apparatus
An image pickup apparatus such as a video camera has the capability of automatic white balance control whereby the white balance is quickly adjusted for any object even just after an operator has...
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7167201 |
Device incorporating eye-start capability
Disclosed is an eye-start system that includes a light source adapted to be housed within a viewfinder of a device, and a light sensor also adapted to be housed within the device viewfinder, the...
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7113204 |
Image sensing apparatus, control method of image sensing apparatus, and computer program product
An image sensing apparatus capable of optically correcting blur of an object image by an optical blur correction unit comprises an image sensing unit for converting an optical image of an object...
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7091471 |
Using eye detection for providing control and power management of electronic devices
Eye detection is used as the basis for providing power management or other variations of operational parameters of a controlled device. The system includes an imager and eye detection processing...
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7084918 |
White eye portraiture system and method
A system for capturing an image when an amount of sclera is visible in a preview image comprises a photosensor configured to detect an image, a memory configured to store at least a sclera setting,...
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7046924 |
Method and computer program product for determining an area of importance in an image using eye monitoring information
A method is provided for determining an area of importance in an archival image. In accordance with this method, eye information including eye gaze direction information captured during an image...
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6760467 |
Falsification discrimination method for iris recognition system
The present invention relates to a technique for checking if the reflected image of a light emitting diode for lighting is detected in the image of an iris and determining whether the iris is a...
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6674964 |
Visual axis detecting apparatus
Disclosed is a visual axis detecting apparatus having: a visual axis detection circuit for detecting a visual axis of an observer; an arithmetic circuit for performing an arithmetic operation of...
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6628898 |
Optical apparatus
There is provided an optical apparatus includes a sensor for detecting vibration that is caused in the optical apparatus, a blur correction unit for correcting blur of an image obtained by the...
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6558050 |
Human body-mounted camera
The camera, which is put on a user, shoots and processes image into image data and records the same. The camera has two or more operation modes and is provided with a detector for detecting either...
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6538697 |
Man-machine interface apparatus and method
There is disclosed a VTR apparatus which can display a menu item for selecting a page and other VTR function menu items on the four corner portions in a viewfinder. These menu items have eye switch...
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6522360 |
Image pickup apparatus performing autofocus processing and image enlargement in a common selected image plane region
An image pickup apparatus is provided with a visual line detecting device for detecting the position of a fixation point of the eye of the operator obtained within the image plane of an electronic...
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6507702 |
Device having sight line detecting function
A device having a sight line detecting function includes an illumination unit for illuminating an eyeball of an observer looking into an observation screen, by a plurality of light-emitting...
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6456788 |
Optical apparatus and camera provided with line-of-sight detecting device
An optical apparatus and a camera are provided, which have line-of-sight detecting means, and are capable of selecting a proper AF point selected even if the actually detected line of sight...
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6374054 |
Digital camera viewfinder and method of using same
A digital camera includes a viewfinder having a proximity sensor which is activated whenever a user looks through the viewfinder in preparation of viewing an object or framed scene. An illuminated...
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6317565 |
Lens shutter camera having viewing line detector
A camera having a device for detecting a zoom position of a zoom lens, a finder zoomable by being linked to zooming of the zoom lens, a device for detecting a position of a user's gaze in the...
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6307589 |
Head mounted camera with eye monitor and stereo embodiments thereof
A method and apparatus for providing, in response to image signals originating in an object space, mixed image signals for providing nonuniform resolution images for stimulating simulated active...
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6278489 |
Image pickup apparatus for changing a position of a detection area
In an image pickup apparatus for capturing a video signal from a predetermined range in an image pickup screen and performing an AF operation based on the signal, a setting position of the range is...
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6229959 |
Camera in which focus is detected from among a plurality of viewfields in conjunction with detection of the visual axis
An optical apparatus includes a projecting optical system for projecting an image of an object in a viewfield onto an image receiving surface. First detecting structure is provided for detecting...
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6181377 |
Apparatus for setting imaging functions based on a detected viewpoint
An image pickup device displays, on a finder image area, an index mark indicating the wide angle side and the telephoto side of the zooming operations, an index mark indicating the zoom angle...
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6178294 |
Photographing unit for a microscope
A photographing unit for a microscope has a photometric detector to measure brightness of light from a sample and includes a changing member which changes a brightness of light toward an...
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6144804 |
Camera with visual line detection capability
A camera which has a visual line detection device to detect the visual line of a photographer, and which inhibits visual line detection and automatic focus adjustment operations when these...
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6118943 |
Camera
A camera includes an objective lens, a detection device for detecting defocus associated with each of at least three portions in a view field, a setting device for manually setting whether the each...
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6118484 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes a sight axis detecting unit for detecting a sight axis of an observer, a driving unit for driving an objective lens system on the basis of an area detected by the...
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6104431 |
Visual axis detecting apparatus and method including scanning light source, and image device using same
A visual axis detecting method and apparatus comprising a device that illuminates an eye of an observer with a scanning light source, a photoelectric conversion device that receives reflection...
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6097894 |
Optical apparatus and camera capable of line of sight detection
A camera capable of line of sight detection, has a line of sight detecting device for detecting the line of sight of the user who is watching the screen, an operation member manually operated by...
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6097892 |
Viewfinder system and optical apparatus having the same
A viewfinder system includes an eyepiece lens having at least one aspheric surface, and a visual line detecting part. The visual line detecting part includes an illuminating part for illuminating...
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6091911 |
Microscope photographing unit with brightness control for observation optical system
A photographing unit for a microscope has a photometric detector to measure brightness of light from a sample and includes a changing member which changes a brightness of light toward an...
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6091899 |
Apparatus for detecting the direction of visual axis and information selecting apparatus utilizing the same
A camera operating in a plurality of photographing modes is provided with an image receiver for receiving the optical image of an object, a viewfinder for observing the object therethrough, a...
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6072525 |
Image pickup apparatus effecting object image tracking responsively to object image frame movement and object image movement
An image pickup apparatus comprises a movement detector for detecting a movement of an object image frame and outputting movement information, a tracking device for tracking the object image on the...
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6055376 |
Observation optical system and optical apparatus having the same
An observation optical system whose eye relief is below 25 mm includes an eyepiece lens having a water absorptive antifogging coating applied on one surface thereof, and a member holding the...
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6052533 |
Optical apparatus such as a camera
An optical apparatus is provided with an eyepiece, a focusing screen onto which an image is projected, a reflecting device for reflecting the light from the focusing screen to thereby cause it to...
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6041184 |
Camera having a visual line detection device
A camera which performs visual line detection, and which assigns priority to photography when a release operation is performed during calibration information input for visual line detection. The...
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6035054 |
Visual axis detection apparatus and optical apparatus provided therewith
The invention relates to a visual axis detection apparatus and the like which is constituted by light receiving device for receiving image of an observer's eye, read-out device for reading out the...
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6033072 |
Line-of-sight-information input apparatus and method
By providing a line-of-sight-information detection device for detecting an angle of rotation of an eyeball, an individual-difference correction unit for correcting the detected angle of rotation of...
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6018630 |
Camera viewfinder having a viewpoint detecting apparatus
A finder apparatus in which a viewpoint detecting apparatus is built in a finder unit and a light emitting device and a photosensing device constructing the viewpoint detecting apparatus are...
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6014524 |
Camera with visual axis detecting device
A camera comprising: finder means for inspecting an object, illumination means for illuminating an operator's eye by which the operator looks in at the finder means, a condensing optical system for...
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5987151 |
Apparatus for detecting visual axis
A visual axis detecting apparatus includes a two-dimensional image sensor having a plurality of detecting lines for receiving light from an eye, a first calculator for (i) detecting a change of...
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5983030 |
Optical apparatus having a visual axis detector
An optical apparatus including a first detection mechanism for detecting a corneal image reflected by a cornea of an eye and detecting information defining a refraction of spectacles, and a second...
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5983029 |
Optical apparatus equipped with sight line detector
An optical apparatus including a detecting unit for detecting sight line direction of a human eye, a correcting data forming unit, electrically connected to the detecting unit, for forming...
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5970258 |
Optical apparatus capable of performing a desired function by gazing
The present invention provides a conveniently usable optical apparatus such as a camera which is provided with a visual axis detecting apparatus and a display portion in the field of view of a...
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5930533 |
Camera provided with focus detecting device
The present invention provides a camera having a focus detecting device for independently detecting each of focus conditions in plural regions of a screen by use of an area sensor. More...
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