METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EYE TRACKING: abstract simplified (18333098)

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  • This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18333098 Titled 'METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EYE TRACKING'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a method and device for tracking the movement of a person's eye. It involves detecting the area of the eye in an image, determining a characteristic of that area, selecting an appropriate eye tracker based on that characteristic, and then tracking the eye in subsequent frames of the image using the selected eye tracker.


Original Abstract Submitted

Provided is a method and apparatus for eye tracking. An eye tracking method includes detecting an eye area corresponding to an eye of a user in a first frame of an image; determining an attribute of the eye area; selecting an eye tracker from a plurality of different eye trackers, the eye tracker corresponding to the determined attribute of the eye area; and tracking the eye of the user in a second frame of the image based on the selected eye tracker, the second frame being subsequent to the first frame.

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