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US 10,983,592 · App. 16/292,435 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Eyeball-tilt position device and apparatus including same

Inventor: Suguru Sangu (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,983,592
App. No.
16/292,435
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An eyeball-tilt detecting device for detecting a tilt position of an eyeball, including: a light source array including a plurality of light emitting sections that emit light having directivity; an optical spot position detection element configured to detect an optical spot position of light reflected from an eyeball to output a detection signal; and processing circuitry configured to calculate a tilt position of the eyeball based on the detection signal output from the optical spot position detection element.

Claims (26)

1. An eyeball-tilt detecting device for detecting a rotation angle of an eyeball, comprising:

a light source array including a plurality of light emitting sections that emit light having directivity;

a light deflector that causes the light to be incident on the eyeball at a predetermined angle;

an optical spot position detector configured to detect an optical spot position of light reflected from the eyeball to output a detection signal; and

processing circuitry configured to calculate the rotation angle of the eyeball based on the detection signal output from the optical spot position detector.

2. The eyeball-tilt detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control a light emission time when one or more of the light emitting sections of the light source array emit light.

3. The eyeball-tilt detecting device according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to change the light emission time of the one or more light emitting sections at a predetermined time.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the light source array includes a surface emitting laser in which the light emitting sections are arranged in a plane.

5. The eyeball-tilt detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical spot position detector includes a two-dimensional position sensitive detector (PSD).

6. The eyeball-tilt detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical spot position detector includes a plurality of one-dimensional PSDs arranged in a predetermined direction.

7. The eyeball-tilt detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light deflector is at least one of a convex lens region, a plane mirror, a microlens array, a concave curved mirror, a hologram diffraction element, a prism array, and a diffraction grating.

8. The eyeball-tilt detecting device according to claim 6 , wherein the light source array and the light deflector are disposed on a same substrate.

9. The eyeball-tilt detecting device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the light source array is disposed on a first substrate and the light deflector is disposed on a second substrate, and

the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed to contact each other.

10. The eyeball-tilt detecting device according claim 1 , further comprising a light deflector that causes the light to be incident on the eyeball at a predetermined angle, wherein the light source array and the light deflector are disposed on a same substrate.

11. The eyeball-tilt detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical spot position detector is disposed on a same side of the eyeball as the light source array.

12. A display apparatus, comprising:

the eyeball-tilt detecting device according to claim 1 ; and

an image forming device configured to control forming of an image based on the rotation angle of the eyeball.

13. An eye examination apparatus, comprising:

the eyeball-tilt detecting device according to claim 1 ; and

a measurement device configured to perform measurements based on information on the rotation angle of the eyeball.

14. The eyeball-tilt detecting device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to calculate a center position of a pupil based on the calculated rotation angle.

15. The eyeball-tilt detecting device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to calculate the rotation angle of the eyeball based on the optical spot position using a predetermined function.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2019
From: SANGU, SUGURU
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048499/0461 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-045947 · Mar 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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