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7388580 Generating eyes for a character in a virtual environment  
A method for generating relatively realistic virtual eyes for a character in a virtual environment, such as a video game, chat room, and virtual world. Different types of visual effects and...
7306337 Calibration-free gaze tracking under natural head movement  
A method and computer system for tracking eye gaze. A camera is focused on an eye of subject viewing a gaze point on a screen while directing light toward the eye. Eye gaze data pertaining to a...
7113170 Method and terminal for entering instructions  
Method with which users ( 1 ) enter instructions, in which said instructions are entered with sequences of voluntary movements of eye parts, the sequence required for entering a certain instruction...
6903723 Data entry method and apparatus  
The apparatus and method of the invention relate to data entry and menu selection. Applications include: (a) data entry for ideographic languages, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean; (b) fast...
6711586 Methods and systems for providing information based on similarity  
The present invention is related to an information providing method and system. More particularly, the present invention provides a method of searching for information on the basis of a user's...
6578962 Calibration-free eye gaze tracking  
A system and method for calibration-free tracking of a user's eye gaze vector and point of regard even if substantial head movement or rotation occurs. The preferred embodiment includes two...
EP0942350B1 Visual axis decision input device and method  
Abstract of EP0942350 There is disclosed a visual axis input and decision transfer device. When a detection result condition such as a visual axis detection success or failure, blinking, selecting...
6424376 Selection apparatus using an observer's line of sight  
A selection apparatus including a display unit for indicating a plurality of displays on the same screen, a line-of-sight position detecting unit for detecting a line-of-sight position of an...
6204828 Integrated gaze/manual cursor positioning system  
A computer-driven system aids operator positioning of a cursor by integrating eye gaze and manual operator input, thus reducing pointing time and operator fatigue. A gaze tracking apparatus...
6191819 Picture-taking apparatus having viewpoint detecting means  
Picture-taking apparatus having viewpoint detecting structure includes viewed-point detecting circuitry for detecting a viewed-point of an operator on a display screen. Area setting circuitry is...
6190011 Ophthalmic apparatus and a method for storing opthalmic information therefor  
An ophthalmic apparatus comprising a detecting device for detecting information of an eye to be examined, a first memory which is capable of storing a plurality of calibration information which is...
EP0816980B1 Eyetrack-driven scrolling  
Abstract of EP0816980 Scrolling of page oriented or continuous information is initiated or controlled based on where a viewer's eyes are looking as detected by an eyetracker. Scrolling rate can be...
6161932 Visual axis input and decision transfer device and method  
A visual axis input and decision transfer device operates so that when a detection-result condition, such as a visual-axis-detection success or failure, blinking, selecting of the same choice, or...
6160536 Dwell time indication method and apparatus  
The apparatus and method of the invention relate to data entry in ideographic languages, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean, and to interactive displays and interactive display methods for use...
6111580 Apparatus and method for controlling an electronic device with user action  
An input unit for controlling a device. The input unit first determines whether a user is actively operating the device. If such a detection is made, the input unit then determines whether the user...
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...
6076061 Speech recognition apparatus and method and a computer usable medium for selecting an application in accordance with the viewpoint of a user  
A viewpoint of a user is detected in a viewpoint detecting process, and how long the detected viewpoint has stayed in an area is determined. The obtained viewpoint and its trace is displayed on a...
6005549 User interface method and apparatus  
The apparatus and method of the invention relate to data entry and menu selection. Applications include: (a) data entry for ideographic languages, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean; (b) fast...
5999895 Sound operated menu method and apparatus  
The apparatus and method of the invention relate to data entry and menu selection. Applications include: (a) data entry for ideographic languages, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean; (b) fast...
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...
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...
EP0942350A1 Visual axis decision input device and method  
There is disclosed a visual axis input and decision transfer device. When a detection result condition such as a visual axis detection success or failure, blinking, selecting of the same choice, or...
5890152 Personal feedback browser for obtaining media files  
A Personal Feedback browser and Personal Profile database is provided for obtaining media files from the internet. A Personal Feedback browser selects media files based on user-specified...
5850206 System for retrieving and displaying attribute information of an object based on importance degree of the object  
A System for retrieving and displaying attribute information of an object according to the present invention includes: detecting section for detecting an interaction between a user and the system;...
5844544 Visual communications apparatus employing eye-position monitoring  
In an eye-directed communications device which displays characters, for example symbols or letters, and determines a user's selection by monitoring eye position to determine which of the characters...
5765052 Camera with plurality of camera modes and methods  
The operating mode contents of a camera can easily be set by the visual alignment action of the photographer and by manual operation. In a first embodiment, a camera is equipped with a visual line...
5727098 Oscillating fiber optic display and imager  
A display system includes an image light source for producing a modulated light, an optical fiber having a first end and a second end, the first end of the optical fiber being coupled to the light...
EP0816980A2 Eyetrack-driven scrolling  
Scrolling of page oriented or continuous information is initiated or controlled based on where a viewer's eyes are looking as detected by an eyetracker. Scrolling rate can be gradually changed...
5689619 Eyetracker control of heads-up displays  
The invention consists of an eyetracker, a display driver, an adaptive display interface controller, and a digital computer. A user of the invention can operate a heads-up display (or a head...
5634018 Presentation supporting method and apparatus therefor  
When presentation is made while displaying presentation information on both of audience-site and presenter-site screens, presenter-site additional information for supporting the progress of...
5603065 Hands-free input device for operating a computer having mouthpiece with plurality of cells and a transducer for converting sound into electrical control signals  
An input device for a computer includes a mouthpiece and a interface for coupling the mouthpiece to the computer. The mouthpiece includes a plurality of air cells arranged in rows for entering...
5481622 Eye tracking apparatus and method employing grayscale threshold values  
An eye-tracking system determines the position of a user's pupil and maps this position into a point of regard of the user on an interface device, such as a display screen, or other real-world...
5231674 Eye tracking method and apparatus  
In applications where it is desired to determine the locations of image features, such as eye monitoring to determine the direction that a person is gazing, determining the point at which he is...
4836670 Eye movement detector  
A system for eye movement detection is disclosed that utilizes an infrared light emitting diode mounted coaxially in front of the lens of an infrared sensitive video camera for remotely making...
4811243 Computer aided coordinate digitizing system  
A computer aided coordinate digitizing system is arranged to read data from construction drawings and make construction estimates from the data. A digitizing device determines a series of X-Y...
4713535 Optical keyboard  
An optical keyboard includes a plurality of photosensors arranged in an X-Y coordinate system where a plurality of rows represent a plurality of X-axes and a plurality of columns represent a...
4648052 Eye-tracker communication system  
A system for computer vision comprises a source of digitized video signals and a frame encoder circuit connected to the source of digitized video signals. The frame encoder encodes threshold...
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