Visibility improvement method based on eye tracking, machine-readable storage medium and electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMyung-Sik KIM, Chang-Yeong KIM, lck-Sang HAN, Joon-Oo KIM, Jinho KIM, Yun-Je OH, Sun-Tae JUNG
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Abstract
A visibility improvement method using gaze tracking includes detecting a gaze of a user using a camera; determining a focus object at which the user gazes from among at least one object viewed through a display unit of an electronic device; and displaying, on the display unit, an image with high visibility that corresponds to the focus object and has higher visibility than the focus object.
Claims20
A method of improving visibility using gaze tracking, comprising:
- detecting a gaze of a user by means of a camera of an electronic device;
- determining a focus object at which the user gazes from among at least one object;
- obtaining a second image with higher visibility than a first image including the focus object;
- displaying, on a display of the electronic device, the second image with high visibility,
- wherein the second image with high visibility has at least one of higher resolution, higher definition, and higher brightness than the first image including the focus object,
- wherein the method further comprises:
- moving a virtual viewpoint of the user that gazes at the focus object along a line of the gaze of the user, based on a command of the user, and
- wherein the second image with high visibility is an actual image acquired from an actual three-dimensional (3D) map obtained by photographing cities or streets.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having a program recorded thereon, which when executed, performs a method of improving visibility using gaze tracking, the method comprising:
- detecting a gaze of a user by means of a camera of an electronic device;
- determining a focus object at which the user gazes from among at least one object;
- obtaining a second image with higher visibility than a first image including the focus object;
- displaying, on a display of the electronic device, the second image with high visibility,
- wherein the second image with high visibility has at least one of higher resolution, higher definition, and higher brightness than the first image including the focus object,
- wherein the method further comprises:
- moving a virtual viewpoint of the user that gazes at the focus object along a line of the gaze of the user, based on a command of the user, and
- wherein the second image with high visibility is an actual image acquired from an actual three-dimensional (3D) map obtained by photographing cities or streets.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a camera that photographs an eye of a user;
- a display that displays at least one object;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- detect a gaze of a user by means of the camera;
- determine a focus object at which the user gazes from among at least one object;
- obtain a second image with higher visibility than a first image including the focus object;
- display, on the display, the second image with high visibility,
- wherein the second image with high visibility has at least one of higher resolution, higher definition, and higher brightness than the first image including the focus object,
- wherein the processor is further configured to:
- move a virtual viewpoint of the user that gazes at the focus object along a line of the gaze of the user, based on a command of the user, and
- wherein the second image with high visibility is an actual image acquired from an actual three-dimensional (3D) map obtained by photographing cities or streets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.