Apparatuses, systems, and methods for gaze-based auto-exposure management of images
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsZhen He, Jeffrey M. DiCarlo, Heath Feather
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Abstract
An illustrative apparatus may perform gaze-based auto-exposure management of images. For example, the apparatus may determine, for an image captured by an image capture system, auto-exposure-related characteristics of pixel units into which the image is divided. The apparatus may update, based on the auto-exposure-related characteristics determined for the pixel units and on eye tracking data for a viewer viewing the image, one or more auto-exposure parameters for use by the image capture system to capture an additional image within an image sequence. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and methods for gaze-based auto-exposure management of images are also disclosed.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- determine, for an image captured by an image capture system, auto-exposure-related characteristics of pixel units into which the image is divided;
- and
- update, based on the auto-exposure-related characteristics determined for the pixel units and on eye tracking data for a viewer viewing the image, one or more auto-exposure parameters for use by the image capture system to capture an additional image within an image sequence.
A system comprising:
- an image capture device configured to capture an image sequence of a scene;
- a display device configured to present the image sequence;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- determine, for an image captured by the image capture device, auto-exposure-related characteristics of pixel units into which the image is divided;
- and
- update, based on the auto-exposure-related characteristics determined for the pixel units and on eye tracking data for a viewer viewing the image presented by the display device, one or more auto-exposure parameters for use by the image capture device to capture an additional image within the image sequence.
A method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device and for an image captured by an image capture system, auto-exposure-related characteristics of pixel units into which the image is divided;
- and
- updating, by the computing device and based on the auto-exposure-related characteristics determined for the pixel units and on eye tracking data for a viewer viewing the image, one or more auto-exposure parameters for use by the image capture system to capture an additional image within an image sequence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.