IP Library Granted Patent US 12,669,866
Granted Patent B2
US 12,669,866 · App. 19/086,854 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Line-of-sight detection device and head mounted display device

Inventor: Yoshihiko Konno (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06F3/013
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,669,866
App. No.
19/086,854
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A line-of-sight detection device according to the present invention includes: a display element; an optical system configured to guide light from the display element to a user; a light source; an image sensor configured to capture light from the light source reflected by an eye of the user, through at least a part of the optical system, wherein the optical system includes a lens that has a first surface from which light from the user side is emitted to a light-receiving surface of the image sensor, and a second surface through which light from the light source enters, the lens is disposed at a position facing the image sensor and the light source, and optical aberration of the first surface is smaller than optical aberration of the second surface.

Claims (14)

1 . A head mounted display device comprising:

an optical system configured to guide light from a display element to a user;

a light source;

an image sensor configured to capture light from the light source reflected by an eye of the user, through at least a part of the optical system, wherein

the image sensor is disposed at a position that is on a horizontal line passing through an optical axis of the optical system and is not the optical axis of the optical system,

wherein the optical system includes a polarizing reflection optical system, which comprises a first lens, a polarizing half mirror, a second lens, a polarizing panel, and a polarizing reflection plate, and

wherein the polarizing reflection plate, the second lens, the polarizing half mirror, the first lens, and the polarizing panel are disposed in this order from a side of the eye of the user.

2 . The head mounted display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the optical system includes a right optical system and a left optical system,

wherein the image sensor includes a right image sensor and a left image sensor,

wherein the right image sensor captures light from the light source reflected by a right eye of the user,

wherein the left image sensor captures light from the light source reflected by a left eye of the user,

wherein the right image sensor is disposed at a position at 270° rotated clockwise from a position directly above an optical axis of the right optical system, with the optical axis of the right optical system as a center, and

wherein the left image sensor is disposed at a position at 90° rotated clockwise from a position directly above an optical axis of the left optical system, with the optical axis of the left optical system as a center.