IP Library Granted Patent US 7,572,011
Granted Patent B2
US 7,572,011 · App. 11/460,611 · Granted Aug 11, 2009

Contact lenses for use in motion capture

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Patent No.
US 7,572,011
App. No.
11/460,611
Granted
Aug 11, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for use in motion capture includes a contact lens and a tracking feature incorporated into the contact lens. A method for use in motion capture includes inserting a contact lens having a tracking feature into a performer's eye and tracking movements of the performer's eye using the tracking feature.

Claims (9)

1. An apparatus for use in motion capture, comprising:

a contact lens; and

a tracking feature incorporated into the contact lens;

wherein the tracking feature is patterned into two or more regions and arranged to allow tracking of an eye based on tracking of at least one said region in the pattern; and

wherein the tracking feature comprises a reflective dot.

2. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the contact lens comprises two layers of material.

3. An apparatus in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the tracking feature is embedded between the two layers of material.

4. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the tracking feature comprises a shape.

5. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the tracking feature comprises a color different than the rest of the contact lens.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Mar 30, 2020
From: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 053323/0567 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 4, 2016
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 038611/0846 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 18, 2011
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC.
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 025836/0458 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2009
From: ZALEWSKI, GARY M.
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC.
Reel/Frame 022889/0562 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2006
From: POLLARD, BRAD
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC.
Reel/Frame 018041/0526 →