Patents by Inventor Michele Rucci

Michele Rucci has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for real-time high-resolution eye-tracking
    Patent number: 11003244
    Abstract: A method for determining gaze location includes: providing a gaze tracking device including an illumination source to illuminate an eye of an observer at an angle of about 20 degrees to 40 degrees relative to a resting eye position of the eye, a camera or an imager includes at least one focusing lens, the camera or imager to acquire sequences of digital images of the eye, and a processor to run a gaze tracking process; and running the gaze tracking process to locate at least two Purkinje reflections of the illuminating source from the eye in the images. A gaze tracking system and a gaze tracking device are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Michele Rucci, Ruei-Jr Wu, Zhetuo Zhao
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME HIGH-RESOLUTION EYE-TRACKING
    Publication number: 20200064914
    Abstract: A method for determining gaze location includes: providing a gaze tracking device including an illumination source to illuminate an eye of an observer at an angle of about 20 degrees to 40 degrees relative to a resting eye position of the eye, a camera or an imager includes at least one focusing lens, the camera or imager to acquire sequences of digital images of the eye, and a processor to run a gaze tracking process; and running the gaze tracking process to locate at least two Purkinje reflections of the illuminating source from the eye in the images. A gaze tracking system and a gaze tracking device are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Michele Rucci, Ruei-Jr Wu, Zhetuo Zhao