US 12,413,840 B2
Eye tracking kit applicable to eye glasses
Johannes Voigt, Feldkirch (AT); Michael Hauser, Altlengbach (AT); Frank Linsenmaier, Weinstadt (DE); and Nils Berger, Schaan (LI)
Assigned to Viewpointsystem GmbH, Vienna (AT)
Appl. No. 18/267,994
Filed by Viewpointsystem GmbH, Vienna (AT)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/087431
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/135660, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056671 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/57 (2023.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02C 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/57 (2023.01) [G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02C 11/10 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An eye tracking kit configured to be fastened and unfastened to and from a pair of eye glasses thus creating an eye tracking device, said kit comprising:
a first component comprising a U-shaped portion, the U-shaped portion being compatible with a second U-shaped portion of the eye glasses and with the nose bone of a user when in use, said first component housing at least one left eye camera and one right eye camera, said eye cameras being arranged in the U-shaped portion to detect in a plurality of images pupil positions of the user, the U-shaped portion being placed facing inwardly, said U-shaped portion further comprising two arms laying down an inner side face of nose pads of the eye glasses when the eye tracking kit is fastened to the eye glasses, the two arms being separated from the nose pads;
a second component comprising a hanger, configured to stably fasten the kit to a nose bridge of the eye glasses or to a central portion of an upper frame of the eye glasses, when the first component is firmly fixed to the second component in order to form together a single unitary structure and the second component is fastened to the eye glasses; and
electronical components comprising at least a data processing unit, a memory, a data interface, said electronical components configured to connect the kit to a computer device remotely connected or to other devices in general, and to send to said computer device eye movement information of the user wearing the eye glasses to which is fastened the eye tracking kit.