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Camera capable of detecting eye-gaze

  • US 5,623,703 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1995
  • Issued: 04/22/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A camera comprising:

  • an eye-gaze detecting device having plural eye-gaze detection areas obtained by dividing a finder field corresponding to a photo-image plane, said eye-gaze detection areas being grouped to form a plurality of main detection areas each constituted by a respective plurality of eye-gaze detection areas, said eye-gaze detecting device detecting in which of said main detection areas a photographer gazes and outputting an eye-gaze detection signal;

    a measurement signal outputting circuit having a plurality of measuring areas corresponding to said main detection areas for outputting measurement signals corresponding to said main detection areas, each measuring area being shaped similarly to the corresponding main detection area; and

    an operation circuit for operating, in association with the taking of a photograph, based on at least one of the measurement signals.

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