Patent ID: 9185352
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A23C,H04N

Abstract:
1. An eye tracking system that provides input to a computer, the system comprising: a computing device; a monitor coupled to the computing device, the monitor having an identifying region that is recognizable by an indication of the identifying region, wherein the computing device is programmed to recognize the indication of the identifying region; a first camera adapted to collect information related to a location of the identifying region of the monitor based on a location of the indication of the identifying region, the first camera being adapted to be mounted to a user such that a lens of the first camera faces away from the user; and a second camera having a lens that is adapted to be disposed in close proximity to and facing an eye of the user and being adapted to collect information from the eye of the user through the lens to provide an indication of a direction of gaze of the eye of the user, the information being provided as an input to the computing device.