Reducing rendering computation and power consumption by detecting saccades and blinks
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorsAndrew Young, Jeffrey Roger Stafford
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Abstract
Gaze tracking data may be analyzed to determine the onset and duration of a vision interrupting event, such as a blink or saccade. Presentation of images to a viewer may then be suspended during the vision interrupting event and resumed in sufficient time to ensure that the viewer sees the image at the time the vision interrupting event has concluded.
Claims32
A graphics processing method comprising:
- obtaining gaze tracking data representing a viewer's gaze with respect to one or more images presented to a viewer;
- analyzing the gaze tracking data to determine the onset and duration of a vision interrupting event;
- suspending presentation of images to the viewer during the vision interrupting event;
- and
- resuming presentation of images to the viewer in sufficient time to ensure that the viewer sees the image at the time the vision interrupting event has concluded.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- and
- computer-readable instructions embodied in the memory, the computer-readable instructions being configured to implement a graphics processing method when executed, the graphics processing method comprising:
- obtaining gaze tracking data representing a viewer's gaze with respect to one or more images presented to the viewer;
- analyzing the gaze tracking data to determine the onset and duration of a vision interrupting event;
- suspending presentation of images to the viewer during the vision interrupting event;
- and
- resuming presentation of images to the viewer in sufficient time to ensure that the viewer sees the image at the time the vision interrupting event has concluded.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions embodied therein, the computer-readable instructions being configured to implement a graphics processing method when executed, the graphics processing method comprising:
- obtaining gaze tracking data representing a viewer's gaze with respect to one or more images presented to the viewer;
- analyzing the gaze tracking data to determine the onset and duration of a vision interrupting event;
- suspending presentation of images to the viewer during the vision interrupting event;
- and
- resuming presentation of images to the viewer in sufficient time to ensure that the viewer sees the image at the time the vision interrupting event has concluded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.