G03B2213/025

ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20230013134 · 2023-01-19 ·

An electronic device according to the present invention is an electronic device which is capable of performing eye proximity sensing to sense contact of an eye with an eyepiece and line of sight detection to detect a line of sight, including: an eye proximity sensing sensor configured to receive light for the eye proximity sensing; a line of sight detection sensor configured to receive light for the line of sight detection, the line of sight detection sensor being separate from the eye proximity sensing sensor; and one or more light sources including a light source used for both the eye proximity sensing and the line of sight detection.

Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device
11526208 · 2022-12-13 · ·

An electronic device comprising a control unit performs control such that despite a predetermined trigger issued before a duration of a gaze state according to a line-of-sight input relative to a first region, in which the display item is displayed, reaches a first time, neither a first function nor a second function is performed, in response to the predetermined trigger issued in a state where the duration of the gaze state relative to the first region is at least the first time and less than a second time, a part of a display object based on an input position of the line-of-sight input is selected and the first function is performed, and in response to the predetermined trigger issued in a state where the duration is at least the second time, the display item is selected and the second function is performed.

Electronic apparatus, method for controlling the electronic apparatus, and storage medium
11500458 · 2022-11-15 · ·

A reception unit receives an eye direction input that is an input based on an eye tracking process, and a control unit controls movement of a selected position based on an operation on an operation member. The control unit performs control such that, in a first state in which the selected position is not designated based on the eye direction input, the selected position is moved, in response to the operation member being operated by a predetermined operation amount, by a first amount from a position set before the operation member is operated, and that, in a second state in which the selected position is designated based on the eye direction input, the selected position is moved, in response to the operation member being operated by the predetermined operation amount, by a second amount smaller than the first amount from a position based on the eye direction input.

Imaging apparatus that, during an operation of a shutter button, updates a specified position based on a line-of-sight position at a timing desired by a user, and method for controlling the same
11609481 · 2023-03-21 · ·

An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a shutter button with which to give an image capturing instruction, a specific operation member, a reception unit configured to receive a line-of-sight input that is an input of a position based on a line of sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a case where a predetermined operation on the specific operation member is not performed while a specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, a specified position is not moved based on the line-of-sight input in a case where a line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input moves, and in a case where the predetermined operation on the specific operation member is performed while the specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, the specified position is moved based on the line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input.

Electronic device that displays a plurality of display items on a display and method for controlling electronic device
11483482 · 2022-10-25 · ·

An electronic device comprising a display control unit configured to perform control to display a plurality of display items on a display, each display item corresponding to one of a plurality of setting items including a specified setting item; and a control unit configured to perform control to in case where the predetermined operation for the specified setting item is received and a line-of-sight input to a corresponding region for a display item corresponding to the specified setting item is received, display the display item corresponding to the specified setting item in a first display appearance, and in case where the predetermined operation for the specified setting item is received and a line-of-sight input to the corresponding region is not received, display the display item corresponding to the specified setting item in a second display appearance different from the first display appearance.

IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
20230131361 · 2023-04-27 ·

An imaging apparatus includes a control unit that executes control in a manner corresponding to the fact that a state of an image capturing person determined on the basis of line-of-sight information is a gaze target undetermined state in which a gaze target has not been determined.

IMAGE ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Examples described herein include methods and systems for adjusting images which may be captured, for example, by a wearable camera. The wearable camera may be devoid of a viewfinder. Accordingly, it may be desirable to adjust images captured by the wearable camera prior to display to a user. Image adjustment techniques may employ physical wedges, calibration techniques, and/or machine learning techniques as described herein.

IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
20230194956 · 2023-06-22 ·

An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a shutter button with which to give an image capturing instruction, a specific operation member, a reception unit configured to receive a line-of-sight input that is an input of a position based on a line of sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a case where a predetermined operation on the specific operation member is not performed while a specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, a specified position is not moved based on the line-of-sight input in a case where a line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input moves, and in a case where the predetermined operation on the specific operation member is performed while the specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, the specified position is moved based on the line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input.

Method for objective diagnostics of internuclear opthalmopligia, ocular lateral pulsion, progressive supernuclear palsy and glissades eye movements

A video oculography (VOG) system for calculation and display of Corrective Secondary Saccades Analysis is disclosed and utilized in a method for Objective Diagnostics of Internuclear Opthalmopligia, Ocular Lateral Pulsion, Progressive Supernuclear Palsy and Glissades. The method comprises the steps of using a VOG system to calculate corrective saccades. The VOG based system is configured to collect eye images of the patient in excess of 60 hz and configured to resolve eye movements smaller than at least 3 degrees of motion and collects eye movement data wherein at least one fixation target is presented to the subject in a defined position configured to yield a voluntary saccadic eye response from at least one eye of the patient. The latency, amplitude, accuracy and velocity of each respective corrective saccade and totals latency and accuracy are calculated.

OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME
20220035139 · 2022-02-03 ·

An observation apparatus includes an observation optical system and a line of sight detection system. The observation optical system includes, in order from a display element side to an observation side, an optical path splitter configured to split an optical path, and a first lens unit having a positive refractive power. The line of sight detection system includes a second lens unit configured to image light incident on the first lens unit and split by the optical path splitter. A predetermined condition is satisfied.