IP Library Patent Application 17469039
Patent Application
App. No. 17/469,039

EVALUATION APPARATUS, EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM

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17/469,039
Abstract

An evaluation apparatus includes a display; a detecting unit configured to detect a position of a gaze point of a subject; a display controller configured to display an evaluation image including a main target and sub-targets, and instruction information as an image for instructing the subject to gaze at the main target to hide the instruction information; an region setting unit configured to set determination regions for the main target and the sub-targets; a determination unit configured to determine, after hiding the instruction information, whether the gaze point is positioned within the determination regions based on the detected position of the gaze point; an arithmetic unit configured to calculate a movement count by which the gaze point has moved from one of the determination regions to another based on a determination result; and an evaluation unit configured to acquire evaluation data of the subject based on the movement count.

Claims (25)

1 . An evaluation apparatus comprising:

a display;

a detecting unit configured to detect a position of a gaze point of a subject;

a display controller configured to display an evaluation image including a main target and multiple sub-targets, and instruction information which is an image for explicitly instructing the subject to gaze at the main target on the display, and then to hide the instruction information;

an region setting unit configured to set determination regions corresponding to the main target and the multiple sub-targets;

a determination unit configured to determine, after hiding the instruction information, whether the gaze point is positioned within the determination regions based on the detected position of the gaze point;

an arithmetic unit configured to calculate a movement count by which the gaze point has moved from one of the determination regions to another based on a determination result of the determination unit; and

an evaluation unit configured to acquire evaluation data of the subject based on the movement count.

2 . The evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the main target and the multiple sub-targets are of a same type.

3 . The evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller further configured to display the multiple sub-targets in a different display mode without changing a display mode of the main target.

4 . The evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller further configured to display regions other than the main target at a lower luminance.

5 . An evaluation method comprising:

detecting a position of a gaze point of a subject;

displaying an evaluation image including a main target and multiple sub-targets, and instruction information which is an image for explicitly instructing the subject to gaze at the main target on a display, and then to hide the instruction information;

setting determination regions corresponding to the main target and the multiple sub-targets;

determining, after hiding the instruction information, whether the gaze point is positioned within the determination regions based on the detected position of the gaze point;

calculating a movement count by which the gaze point has moved from one of the determination regions to another based on a determination result; and

acquiring evaluation data of the subject based on the movement count.

6 . A non-transitory storage medium that stores an evaluation program causing a computer to execute:

a process of detecting a position of a gaze point of a subject;

a process of displaying an evaluation image including a main target and multiple sub-targets, and instruction information which is an image for explicitly instructing the subject to gaze at the main target on a display, and then to hide the instruction information;

a process of setting determination regions corresponding to the main target and the multiple sub-targets;

a process of determining, after hiding the instruction information, whether the gaze point is positioned within the determination regions based on the detected position of the gaze point;

a process of calculating a movement count by which the gaze point has moved from one of the determination regions to another based on a determination result; and

a process of acquiring evaluation data of the subject based on the movement count.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE APPLICATION NUMBER IS 10149643 TO 10149643 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 70543 FRAME: 402. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 20, 2025
From: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
To: SYSMEX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070583/0144 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2025
From: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
To: SYSMEX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070543/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2021
From: HAKOSHIMA, SHUJI
To: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057411/0980 →