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

*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.