Apparatus and method for tracking eye

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking a user's visual direction. The method comprising the gaze tracking method according to an embodiment of the present invention, receives the face image detecting a face region; Designating the eye candidate region, and detecting an eye region from the specified eye candidate regions in said detected face region; Detecting a pupil in the detected eye region, and detects the center coordinates of the detected pupil; When the face area and the eye area are detected, the step of calculating the motion vector of the face; And controlling the position of the cursor that is mapped to the screen by using the center coordinate or the calculated motion vector of the detected pupil.