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In this paper, we propose a pupil segmentation method based on fuzzy clustering of distributed information, which first preprocesses the original eye image to remove features such as eyebrows and shadows and highlight the pupil area; then the Gaussian model is introduced into global distribution information to enhance the classification fuzzy affiliation for the local neighborhood, and an adaptive local window filter that fuses local spatial and intensity information is proposed to suppress the noise in the image and preserve the edge information of the pupil details. Finally, the intensity histogram of the filtered image is used for fast clustering to obtain the clustering center of the pupil, and this binarization process is used to segment the pupil for the next pupil localization. Experimental results show that the method has high segmentation accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. 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