US 11,983,315 B2
Augmented reality device and method for detecting gaze of user
Jaeyeol Ryu, Suwon-si (KR); Doyoun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Bonkon Koo, Suwon-si (KR); Kyookeun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaewoo Ko, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,616.
Application 17/903,616 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011693, filed on Aug. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0103476 (KR), filed on Aug. 5, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0152571 (KR), filed on Nov. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038781 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02C 7/06 (2006.01); G02C 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/80 (2024.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01)
CPC G06F 3/013 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02C 7/06 (2013.01); G02C 11/10 (2013.01); G06T 5/80 (2024.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method, performed by an augmented reality (AR) device including a vision correction lens, of detecting a gaze of a user, the method comprising:
obtaining lens characteristic information about the vision correction lens overlapping a light guide plate, the light guide plate being configured to display an image output from the AR device in a gaze direction of the user;
emitting light for gaze tracking toward a light reflector through a light emitter disposed at a portion of a support of the AR device, wherein the emitted light is reflected by the light reflector and then directed to an eye of the user wearing the AR device;
receiving light reflected by the eye of the user through a light receiver disposed at the support;
obtaining an eye image of the user based on the light received through the light receiver;
adjusting the eye image of the user based on the lens characteristic information about the vision correction lens; and
obtaining gaze information about the user based on the adjusted eye image.