Systems and methods for differentiating between dominant and weak eyes in 3D display technology

A display control system, comprising:

• an eye monitoring system;
• a processor;
• a computer-readable medium;
• program instruction stored on the computer-readable medium and executable by the processor to cause the processor to:
• (i) receive eye-strength data indicative of a deficiency of a weak viewer-eye with respect to a dominant viewer-eye;
• (ii) cause an autostereoscopic 3D display to display a first perspective of an image to the weak viewer-eye;
• (iii) cause the 3D display to display a second perspective of the image to the dominant viewer-eye, wherein a difference between the first perspective and the second perspective is a variation of a display characteristic of one of the first and second perspectives, wherein the varied display characteristic comprises a characteristic other than focal length and display direction, and wherein the variation is made in accordance with the indicated deficiency of the weak viewer-eye;
• and
• (iv) cause the eye-monitoring system to:
• receive an indication regarding a quality of a viewer's perceived 3D effect from the displayed perspectives of the image;
• and
• determine, in accordance with the received indication, data associated with the eye-strength of the weak viewer-eye, wherein the 3D display system comprises a gaming system, and wherein the received indication comprises a metric of the viewer's game play performance.

An eye-monitoring system for controlling an autostereoscopic 3D display displaying a plurality of perspectives, the eye-monitoring system comprising:

• an eye sensor configured to detect characteristics of a plurality of viewer-eyes;
• a display-system control interface communicatively connecting the eye-monitoring system to the 3D display;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• (i) generate eye-strength data indicative of a deficiency of a weak viewer-eye with respect to a dominant viewer-eye;
• and
• (ii) output, to an autostereoscopic 3D display, command signals that cause the 3D display to display a first perspective of an image to the weak viewer-eye and a second perspective of the image to the dominant viewer-eye, wherein the command signals instruct the 3D display to make a variation of a display characteristic to one of the first and second perspectives, wherein the varied display characteristic comprises a characteristic other than focal length and display direction, and wherein the variation is made in accordance with the indicated deficiency of the weak viewer-eye;
• wherein the eye sensor is configured to detect a gaze direction for each of the weak viewer-eye and the dominant viewer-eye, and wherein the relative eye-strength data is generated by processing gaze-direction data indicative of the detected gaze direction for each viewer-eye.

A method of displaying different visual information to different viewer-eyes, the method comprising:

• generating, at an eye-monitoring system, eye-strength data indicative of a deficiency of a weak viewer-eye with respect to a dominant viewer-eye, wherein generating the eye-strength data comprises:
• tracking the focus of each of the dominant viewer-eye and the weak viewer-eye;
• and
• based at least in part on the tracked focus, determining the deficiency of the weak viewer-eye;
• receiving the eye-strength data;
• causing an autostereoscopic 3D display to display a first perspective of an image to the weak viewer-eye;
• and
• causing the 3D display to display a second perspective of the image to the dominant viewer-eye, wherein a difference between the first perspective and the second perspective is a variation of a display characteristic of one of the first and second perspectives, wherein the varied display characteristic comprises a characteristic other than focal length and display direction, and wherein the variation is made in accordance with the indicated deficiency of the weak viewer-eye.

A method of displaying different visual information to different viewer-eyes, the method comprising:

• receiving eye-strength data indicative of a deficiency of a weak viewer-eye with respect to a dominant viewer-eye;
• causing an autostereoscopic 3D display to display a first perspective of an image to the weak viewer-eye;
• causing the 3D display to display a second perspective of the image to the dominant viewer-eye, wherein a difference between the first perspective and the second perspective is a variation of a display characteristic of one of the first and second perspectives, wherein the varied display characteristic comprises a characteristic other than focal length and display direction, and wherein the variation is made in accordance with the indicated deficiency of the weak viewer-eye;
• receiving an indication regarding a quality of a viewer's perceived 3D effect of the image;
• and
• determining, in accordance with the received indication, data associated with the eye-strength of the weak viewer-eye, wherein the 3D display system comprises a gaming system, and wherein the received indication comprises a metric of the viewer's game play performance.

A method of displaying different visual information to different viewer-eyes, the method comprising:

• receiving eye-strength data indicative of a deficiency of a weak viewer-eye with respect to a dominant viewer-eye;
• causing an autostereoscopic 3D display to display a first perspective of an image to the weak viewer-eye;
• causing the 3D display to display a second perspective of the image to the dominant viewer-eye, wherein a difference between the first perspective and the second perspective is a variation of a display characteristic of one of the first and second perspectives, wherein the varied display characteristic comprises a characteristic other than focal length and display direction, and wherein the variation is made in accordance with the indicated deficiency of the weak viewer-eye;
• receiving additional eye-strength data indicative of a current deficiency of the weak viewer-eye;
• and
• causing the 3D display to vary the display characteristic of at least one of the first and second perspectives in accordance with the received additional eye-strength data, wherein the display characteristics are varied in accordance with a time-dependent trend identified using the additional eye-strength data.

A method of displaying different visual information to different viewer-eyes, the method comprising:

• receiving eye-strength data indicative of a deficiency of a weak viewer-eye with respect to a dominant viewer-eye;
• causing an autostereoscopic 3D display to display a first perspective of an image to the weak viewer-eye;
• causing the 3D display to display a second perspective of the image to the dominant viewer-eye, wherein a difference between the first perspective and the second perspective is a variation of a display characteristic of one of the first and second perspectives, wherein the varied display characteristic comprises a characteristic other than focal length and display direction, and wherein the variation is made in accordance with the indicated deficiency of the weak viewer-eye;
• determining a maximum duration corresponding to an amount of time that a variation can be used without weakening the weak viewer-eye;
• tracking a current duration corresponding to an amount of time that the first perspective, including the variation, has been displayed in a current display-session;
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• upon determining that the current duration has surpassed the maximum duration, displaying the first perspective without the variation.

An eye-monitoring system for controlling an autostereoscopic 3D display displaying a plurality of perspectives, the eye-monitoring system comprising:

• an eye sensor configured to detect characteristics of a plurality of viewer-eyes;
• a display-system control interface communicatively connecting the eye-monitoring system to the 3D display;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• (i) generate eye-strength data indicative of a deficiency of a weak viewer-eye with respect to a dominant viewer-eye;
• and
• (ii) output, to an autostereoscopic 3D display, command signals that cause the 3D display to display a first perspective of an image to the weak viewer-eye and a second perspective of the image to the dominant viewer-eye, wherein the command signals instruct the 3D display to make a variation of a display characteristic to one of the first and second perspectives, wherein the varied display characteristic comprises a characteristic other than focal length and display direction, and wherein the variation is made in accordance with the indicated deficiency of the weak viewer-eye;
• wherein generating the relative eye-strength data comprises:
• the eye sensor tracking the focus of each of the dominant viewer-eye and the weak viewer-eye;
• and
• based at least in part on the tracked focus, determining the deficiency of the weak viewer-eye.