Method for vehicle eye tracking system
AssigneeToyota Research Institute, Inc.
InventorsHiroshi Yasuda, Manuel Ludwig Kuehner
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Abstract
A method for vehicle eye tracking is described. The method includes capturing sensor data based on eye tracking of a vehicle operator. The method also includes identifying sensor data associated with an external environment of a vehicle within the captured sensor data. The method further includes filtering out a sensor data associated with the external environment from the captured sensor data to provide an internal vehicle sensor data. The method also includes controlling a vehicle interface based on the internal vehicle sensor data.
Claims17
A method for vehicle eye tracking, the method comprising:
- capturing sensor data based on eye tracking of a vehicle operator;
- identifying sensor data associated with an external environment of a vehicle within the captured sensor data;
- filtering out a sensor data associated with the external environment from the captured sensor data to provide an internal vehicle sensor data;
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- controlling a vehicle interface based on a gaze direction of the vehicle operator directed to the vehicle interface according to the internal vehicle sensor data controlling a currently selected function associated with a selected mechanical button on a vehicle display for the vehicle operator in response to internal vehicle sensor data.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon for vehicle eye tracking, the program code being executed by a processor and comprising:
- program code to capture sensor data based on eye tracking of a vehicle operator;
- program code to identify the sensor data associated with an external environment of the vehicle within the captured sensor data;
- program code to filter out the sensor data associated with the external environment from the captured sensor data to provide an internal vehicle sensor data;
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- program code to control a vehicle interface based on a gaze direction of the vehicle operator directed to the vehicle interface according to the internal vehicle sensor data further comprising program code to control a currently selected function associated with a selected mechanical button on a vehicle display for the vehicle operator in response to internal vehicle sensor data.
A system for vehicle eye tracking, the system comprising:
- a vehicle perception module to capture sensor data based on eye tracking of a vehicle operator;
- an external environment detection module to identify the sensor data associated with an external environment of the vehicle within the captured sensor data;
- an external sensor data filtering module to filter out the sensor data associated with the external environment from the captured sensor data to provide an internal vehicle sensor data;
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- a vehicle interface control module to control a vehicle interface based on a gaze direction of the vehicle operator directed to the vehicle interface according to the internal vehicle sensor data in which the vehicle interface control module is further to control a currently selected function associated with a selected mechanical button on a vehicle display for the vehicle operator in response to the internal vehicle sensor data.
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