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Granted Patent B2
US 11,241,152 · App. 16/270,616 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Evaluation device, evaluation method, and non-transitory storage medium

Inventor: Shuji Hakoshima (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
A61B3/032A61B3/0025A61B3/0041A61B3/0091A61B3/113A61B3/14
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Patent No.
US 11,241,152
App. No.
16/270,616
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An evaluation device includes: a display screen configured to displays images; a gaze point detection unit configured to detect a position of a gaze point of an examinee who observes the display screen; a display controller configured to display an indicator at an offset position having a predetermined relative positional relationship with the gaze point on the display screen based on a detection result of the position of the gaze point; an arithmetic unit configured to determine whether the examinee has recognized the indicator; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a visual function of the examinee based on a determination result from the arithmetic unit, wherein the arithmetic unit is further configured to determine that the examinee has recognized the indicator when the gaze point moves toward the indicator and thus the offset position is located outside the display screen.

Claims (30)

1. An evaluation device comprising:

a display screen configured to display images;

a gaze point detection unit configured to detect a position of a gaze point of an examinee who observes the display screen;

a display controller configured to display an indicator at an offset position having a predetermined relative positional relationship with the gaze point on the display screen based on a detection result of the position of the gaze point;

an arithmetic unit configured to determine whether the examinee has recognized the indicator; and

an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a visual function of the examinee based on a determination result from the arithmetic unit, wherein

the arithmetic unit is further configured to determine that the examinee has recognized the indicator, in a case wherein

the examinee intends to recognize the indicator displayed on the display screen with a central vision of the examinee;

the gaze point moves toward the indicator having the predetermined relative positional relationship with the gaze point; and

a position of the indicator moves in the display screen to follow a movement of the position of the gaze point and comes to be located outside the display screen and thus the indicator cannot be displayed on the display screen.

2. The evaluation device according to claim 1 , further comprising an examinee input unit to which a recognition state of the indicator by the examinee is input,

wherein the arithmetic unit determines whether the examinee has recognized the indicator based on an input result to the examinee input unit.

3. An evaluation method comprising:

detecting a position of a gaze point of an examinee who observes a display screen that displays images;

displaying an indicator at an offset position having a predetermined relative positional relationship with the gaze point on the display screen based on a detection result of the position of the gaze point;

determining whether the examinee has recognized the indicator;

evaluating a visual function of the examinee based on a determination result of the recognition of the indicator; and

determining that the examinee has recognized the indicator, in a case wherein

the examinee intends to recognize the indicator displayed on the display screen with a central vision of the examinee;

the gaze point moves toward the indicator having the predetermined relative positional relationship with the gaze point; and

a position of the indicator moves in the display to follow a movement of the position of the gaze point and comes to be located outside the display screen and thus the indicator cannot be displayed on the display screen.

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

detecting a position of a gaze point of an examinee who observes a display screen that displays images;

displaying an indicator at an offset position having a predetermined relative positional relationship with the gaze point on the display screen based on a detection result of the position of the gaze point;

determining whether the examinee has recognized the indicator;

evaluating a visual function of the examinee based on a determination result of the recognition of the indicator; and

determining that the examinee has recognized the indicator, in a case wherein

the examinee intends to recognize the indicator displayed on the display screen with a central vision of the examinee;

the gaze point moves toward the indicator having the predetermined relative positional relationship with the gaze point; and

a position of the indicator moves in the display screen to follow a movement of the position of the gaze point and comes to be located outside the display screen and thus the indicator cannot be displayed on the display screen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2019
From: HAKOSHIMA, SHUJI
To: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048272/0234 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-035344 · Feb 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190261850A1 · Aug 29, 2019
Cited By (1)
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