Conflict resolution for pupil detection

A computer-implemented method of determining relative pupil location for a user with respect to an electronic device, comprising:

• capturing an image using a camera of the electronic device, the image including at least a portion of a user positioned at least partially within a field of view of the camera;
• determining a first estimated pupil location using a first pupil location determination algorithm, the first pupil determination algorithm returning a first confidence value corresponding to the first estimated pupil location;
• determining a second estimated pupil location using at least one second pupil location determination algorithm, the at least one second pupil location determination algorithm returning at least one second confidence value corresponding to the at least one second estimated pupil location, the first pupil location determination algorithm being different from the at least one second pupil location determination algorithm;
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• determining a pupil location for an eye of the user with respect to the electronic device based at least in part on a combination of the first estimated pupil location and the at least one second estimated pupil location weighted by the first confidence value and the at least one second confidence value.

A method of determining pupil location, comprising:

• capturing an image using a camera of a computing device, the image including at least a portion of a user positioned at least partially within a field of view of the camera;
• analyzing, using a processor of the computing device, the image using each of a set of pupil location determination algorithms, the pupil location determination algorithms having a plurality of levels of independence each indicating a likelihood of a pair of algorithms producing a similar result under similar circumstances;
• determining a first estimated pupil location using a first pupil location determination algorithm of the set of location determination algorithms, the first pupil location determination algorithm returning a first confidence value corresponding to the first estimated pupil location;
• determining a second estimated pupil location using at least one second pupil location determination algorithm of the set of location determination algorithms, the at least one second pupil location determination algorithm returning at least one second confidence value corresponding to the at least one second estimated pupil location, the first pupil location determination algorithm being different from the at least one second pupil location determination algorithm;
• adjusting, using the processor of the computing device, the first confidence value based at least in part upon a corresponding level of independence with respect to the at least one second pupil location algorithm;
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• determining a pupil location for an eye of the user with respect to the computing device based at least in part on a combination of the first estimated pupil location and the at least one second estimated pupil location weighted by the first confidence value and the at least one second confidence value after the adjusting based at least in part upon the corresponding level of independence.

A computing device, comprising:

• a processor;
• a camera;
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• a memory device including instructions operable to the executed by the processor to perform a set of actions, enabling the computing device to:
• capture an image including at least a portion of a user at least partially within a field of view of the camera;
• determine a first estimated pupil location using a first pupil location determination algorithm, the first pupil location determination algorithm returning a first confidence value corresponding to the first estimated pupil location;
• determine second estimated pupil location using at least one second pupil location determination algorithm, the at least one second pupil location determination algorithm returning at least one second confidence value corresponding to the at least one second estimated pupil location, the first pupil location determination algorithm being different from the at least one second pupil location determination algorithm;
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• determine a pupil location for an eye of the user with respect to the computing device based at least in part on a combination of the first estimated pupil location and the at least one second estimated pupil location weighted by the first confidence value and the at least one second confidence value.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for determining relative pupil position, the instructions when executing by a processor of a computing device causing the computing device to:

• capture an image using a camera of the computing device, the image including at least a portion of a user positioned at least partially within a field of view of the camera;
• determine a first estimated pupil location using a first pupil location determination algorithm, the first pupil location determination algorithm returning a first confidence value corresponding to the first estimated pupil location;
• determine a second estimated pupil location using at least one second pupil location determination algorithm, the at least one second pupil location determination algorithm returning at least one second confidence value corresponding to the at least one second estimated pupil location, the first pupil location determination algorithm being different from the at least one second pupil location determination algorithm;
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• determine a pupil location for an eye of the user with respect to the computing device based at least in part on a combination of the first estimated pupil location and the at least one second estimated pupil location weighted by the first confidence value and the at least one second confidence value.