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US 12,287,917 · App. 18/395,417 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

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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Patent No.
US 12,287,917
App. No.
18/395,417
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
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 (30)

1. A line-of-sight detection 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 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,

a shape of the first surface is different from a shape of the second surface, and

the image sensor is disposed at a position that is not an optical axis of the optical system.

2. The line-of-sight detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first surface is a plane.

3. The line-of-sight detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second surface is a conical surface.

4. The line-of-sight detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first surface is constituted of a prism.

5. The line-of-sight detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the lens includes a protruded portion, and a top surface of the protruded portion is the first surface.

6. The line-of-sight detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the optical system includes at least 2 lenses.

7. The line-of-sight detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light source emits infrared light, and

the line-of-sight detection device further comprises a mask which is disposed between the light source and the optical system, and of which transmittance of infrared light is higher than that of visible light.

8. A head mounted display device comprising:

the line-of-sight detection device according to claim 1 ; and

the display.

9. The line-of-sight detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

optical aberration of the first surface is smaller than optical aberration of the second surface.

10. The line-of-sight detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first surface is a plane, and the second surface is a curved surface.

11. The line-of-sight detection device according to claim 10 , wherein

the second surface is a conical surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2024
From: KONNO, YOSHIHIKO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066927/0756 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2022-208222 · Dec 26, 2022 · national
JP 2023-180894 · Oct 20, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240211037A1 · Jun 27, 2024
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