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US 11,886,635 · App. 17/940,058 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Eye movement detecting device, electronic device and system

Inventor: Hiroaki Komaki (Tachikawa, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 11,886,635
App. No.
17/940,058
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an eye movement detecting device comprises first, second, third, fourth and fifth electrodes. A line connecting the first and the third electrodes passes through the right eye and a line connecting the second and the fourth electrodes passes through the left eye on at least one of a front view, a plan view or a side view. A distance between the fifth and the first electrodes is equal to a distance between the fifth and the second electrodes. A distance between the fifth and the third electrodes is equal to a distance between the fifth and the fourth electrodes. The detector respectively detects a horizontal movement of the right eye and a horizontal movement of the left eye.

Claims (27)

1. A wearable device comprising:

a detector configured to detect a right eye movement of a right eye of a user wearing the wearable device and a left eye movement of a left eye of the user, the detector further detecting a convergence angle at which a line of sight of the right eye and a line of sight of the left eye of the user intersect based on the right eye movement and the left eye movement; and

a display configured to display an augmented reality image based on the convergence angle detected by the detector, wherein

the detector is configured to detect a first convergence angle when the user looks at a first object at a first distance,

the detector is configured to detect a second convergence angle when the uses looks at a second object at a second distance,

the first distance is shorter than the second distance,

the first convergence angle is wider than the second convergence angle,

the augmented reality image comprises first, second, and third pages,

the second page succeeds the first page,

the third page is previous to the first page,

the display displays the first page when the detector detects the second convergence angle,

the display displays one of the second page and the third page when the detector detects that the line of sight of the right eye and the line of sight of the left eye move to right,

the display displays another one of the second page and the third page when the detector detects that the line of sight of the right eye and the line of sight of the left eye move to left, and

the display turns off the augmented reality image when the detector detects the first convergence angle.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein

the augmented reality image indicative of information related to the second object, and

the information comprises a name of the second object or the second distance.

3. A display method for a wearable device comprising:

a detector configured to detect a right eye movement of a right eye of a user wearing the wearable device and a left eye movement of a left eye of the user, the detector further detecting a convergence angle at which a line of sight of the right eye and a line of sight of the left eye of the user intersect wherein the detector is configured to detect a first convergence angle when the user looks at a first object at a first distance, the detector is configured to detect a second convergence angle when the uses looks at a second object at a second distance, the first distance is shorter than the second distance, and the first convergence angle is wider than the second convergence angle; and

a display configured to display an augmented reality image based on the convergence angle detected by the detector, wherein the augmented reality image comprises first, second, and third pages, the second page succeeds the first page, and the third page is previous to the first page, the method comprising:

displaying the first page when the detector detects the second convergence angle,

displaying one of the second page and the third page when the detector detects that the line of sight of the right eye and the line of sight of the left eye move to right,

displaying another one of the second page and the third page when the detector detects that the line of sight of the right eye and the line of sight of the left eye move to left, and

turning off the augmented reality image when the detector detects the first convergence angle.

4. The display method of claim 3 , wherein

the displaying the augmented reality image comprises displaying the augmented reality image indicative of information related to the second object, and

the information comprises a name of the second object or the second distance.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-051471 · Mar 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (4)
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