Image storage and retrieval based on eye movements

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor circuit;
• and
• a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and arranged to store instructions operative on the processor circuit to:
• receive a first eye movement data associated with a first image from an image database stored in the storage;
• identify a first focus region in the first image based on the first eye movement data;
• determine a first identity of a first object at the first focus region in the first image;
• search the image database for an image that depicts the first object;
• and
• provide a second image that depicts the first object from the image database.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving an image data comprising a first image;
• storing the first image in an image database;
• receiving tag data associated with the first image;
• augmenting the image database with the tag data;
• receiving a first eye movement data associated with the first image;
• identifying a first focus region in the first image based on the first eye movement data;
• determining, by a processor circuit, a first identity of a first object at the first focus region in the first image;
• and
• augmenting the image database with an indication of the first identity of the first object at the first focus region.

The computer-implemented method of 22, comprising:

• identifying a second focus region in the first image based on the first eye movement data;
• determining a second identity of a second object at the second focus region in the first image;
• augmenting the image database with an indication of the second identity of the second object at the second focus region;
• deriving a possible relationship between the first and second objects from a plurality of saccades specified by the first eye movement data as extending between the first and second focus regions;
• and
• augmenting the image database with an indication of the possible relationship between the first and second objects.

The computer-implemented method of 25, comprising:

• receiving a search criterion, the search criterion comprising one of a defined date of image capture, a defined time of day of image capture, and a defined place of image capture;
• searching the image database for an image meeting the criterion;
• and
• providing the first image in response to the search criterion matching the tag data associated with the first image.

The computer-implemented method of 26, comprising:

• receiving a second eye movement data associated with the first image;
• identifying a second focus region in the first image based on the second eye movement data;
• determining a second identity of a second object at the second focus region in the first image;
• searching the image database for an image depicting the second object;
• and
• providing a second image depicting the second object from the image database.

The computer-implemented method of 22, the tag data comprising a text description of the first object as depicted in the first image, and the method comprising:

• receiving a search text describing a search object;
• searching the image database for an image depicting the search object;
• and
• providing the first image in response to the tag data indicating the search object as depicted in the first image.

The computer-implemented method of 28, comprising:

• receiving a second eye movement data associated with the first image;
• identifying a second focus region in the first image based on the second eye movement data;
• determining a second identity of a second object at the second focus region in the first image;
• searching the image database for an image depicting the second object;
• and
• providing a second image depicting the second object from the image database.

At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive a first eye movement data associated with a first image provided by the computing device from an image database stored in a storage of the computing device;
• identify a first focus region in the first image based on the first eye movement data;
• determine a first identity of a first object at the first focus region in the first image;
• search the image database for an indication of an image depicting the first object;
• and
• provide a second image depicting the first object from the image database.