Apparatus and method for controlling light sources for eye tracking

An apparatus for controlling a light source for eye tracking, the apparatus comprising:

• a camera configured to capture eyes of a user;
• light sources configured to acquire eye information of the user;
• a calibration processing portion configured to perform user calibration using eye tracking technology;
• an activation map generation portion configured to generate, by analyzing eye data of the user, which is acquired through the user calibration, and calculating an activity of each of the light sources according to a gaze of the user, an activation map of each the light sources;
• a first eye tracking portion configured to verify a first eye gaze, which is an eye gaze of the user, through an eye image of the user, which is captured by the camera;
• a control information verification portion configured to verify control information of each of the light sources corresponding to the first eye gaze in the activation map of each of the light sources;
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• a light control portion configured to control each of the light sources according to the control information.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer programs including computer-executable instruction that, when executed by one or more processors of an apparatus individually or collectively, cause the apparatus to perform operations of controlling a light source for eye tracking, the operations comprising:

• performing user calibration using eye tracking technology;
• by analyzing eye data of a user, which is acquired through the user calibration, and calculating an activity of each of light sources according to a gaze of the user, generating an activation map of each of the light sources;
• verifying a first eye gaze that is an eye gaze of the user, which is verified through an image obtained by capturing a pupil of the user;
• verifying control information of each of the light sources corresponding to the first eye gaze in the activation map of each of the light sources;
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• controlling each of the light sources according to the control information.