Patent ID: 9367127
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G02C,G06F,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A control system for enabling a user to interface with an electronic device comprising: a light-emitting means that causes light to shine on an eye of the user; a light-detection means that detects light from the light-emitting means that is reflected from the eye of the user and outputs a light-intensity signal, wherein the light detection means comprises a plurality of photodiodes or phototransistors; pattern-matching means that inputs the light-intensity signal and outputs a category signal, and controller means that inputs the category signal and outputs a control signal to control the electronic device, whereby the control system detects categories from the user's eye motion based on the sequence of approximate directions of motion of the eye, irrespective of the absolute location where the eye is pointing.