System and method for producing images for display apparatus

A method of producing images for a display apparatus, comprising:

• obtaining information indicative of a gaze direction of a user;
• determining a region of interest of an input image based on the gaze direction of the user;
• and
• processing the input image to generate a first image and a second image, the first image comprising a first region that is blurred with respect to the region of interest of the input image, wherein the second image corresponds to the region of interest of the input image,
• wherein the step of processing the input image comprises adjusting, based on an intensity of pixels within the region of interest, an intensity of corresponding pixels within the first region of the first image and an intensity of corresponding pixels within the second image,
• wherein when an intensity of a given pixel within the region of interest is lower than or equal to a predefined intensity threshold, an intensity of a corresponding pixel within the first region of the first image is lower than an intensity of a corresponding pixel within the second image, and
• wherein when the intensity of the given pixel within the region of interest is higher than the predefined intensity threshold, the intensity of the corresponding pixel within the first region of the first image is higher than the intensity of the corresponding pixel within the second image.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable data storage medium having stored thereon program instructions that, when accessed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• obtain information indicative of a gaze direction of a user;
• determine a region of interest of an input image based on the gaze direction of the user;
• and
• process the input image to generate a first image and a second image, the first image comprising a first region that is blurred with respect to the region of interest of the input image, wherein the second image corresponds to the region of interest of the input image,
• wherein the program instructions, when accessed by the processing device, cause the processing device to adjust, based on an intensity of pixels within the region of interest, an intensity of corresponding pixels within the first region of the first image and an intensity of corresponding pixels within the second image when processing the input image,
• wherein when an intensity of a given pixel within the region of interest is lower than or equal to a predefined intensity threshold, an intensity of a corresponding pixel within the first region of the first image is lower than an intensity of a corresponding pixel within the second image, and
• wherein when the intensity of the given pixel within the region of interest is higher than the predefined intensity threshold, the intensity of the corresponding pixel within the first region of the first image is higher than the intensity of the corresponding pixel within the second image.