Patent ID: 6044226
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A device for directing the eyes of a subject toward a camera using a point of interest, said device comprising:a beam splitter interposed between said subject and said camera at an angle to an imaginary line from said subject to the camera lens, said imaginary line parallel to the lens' optical axis;a reflective surface positioned outside a field of view of said camera, wherein an image of said subject is partially transmitted to said camera and partially reflected to said reflective surface by said beam splitter, wherein said reflective surface is disposed at an angle to a line perpendicular to the direction of said image reflection of said subject from said beam splitter, wherein said point of interest is disposed in a path of an image reflection from said reflective surface, wherein said image reflection from said reflective surface is a mirror image of said image reflection of said subject from said beam splitter, and wherein said reflective surface and a reflective surface of said beam splitter are parallel to each other,whereby a left-right, top-bottom correct image of said point of interest is visible to said subject.