Facilitation of communication using shared visual cue

• US 10,466,474 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2016
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lection, David B., Rakshit, Sarbajit K., Stevens, Mark B., Wilson, John D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nitin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stone, Robert M
• Application Number:
  US15/228,311
• Publication Number:
  US 20180039076A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

Embodiments for facilitating communication between users sharing a visual cue. A gaze location of a first user is determined as an approximation in three dimensional space. The gaze location is transmitted to a second user. A gaze focus of the first user based on the determined gaze location is displayed to the second user.

Claims

1. A method, by a processor, for facilitating communication between users sharing a visual cue, comprising:

determining a gaze location of a first user wearing a first wearable device as an approximation in three dimensional space;

transmitting the gaze location to a second user wearing a second wearable device;

displaying to the second user, a gaze focus of the first user based on the determined gaze location, wherein the gaze focus is associated with a physical object distal to the first user in the three dimensional space, and wherein displaying the gaze focus of the first user to the second user further comprises computing and displaying an approximate physical distance between the physical object and the first user to the second user according to an extrapolation of the determined gaze location of the first user;

geolocating the first and second users using Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers respectively integrated into each of the first and second wearable devices, wherein a geocoordination between the first and second users vary the gaze focus of the first user when displayed to the second user according to the geocoordination, the geocoordination performed by determining a locus of an eye of the first user and a relative distance of the second user to the first user, and computing a resultant locus of where the second user may view the gaze focus of the first user based on the determined locus of the eye of the first user with the determined relative distance of the second user to the first user; and

defining a profile and security configuration for the first user to manage an access to the gaze location by the second user;

wherein an eye-based gesture is performed by the first user to authenticate and enable the transmission of the gaze location to the second user upon the second user intersecting an eye direction of the first user.

2. The method of claim 1, further including triangulating the approximation in three dimensional space based on an angle calculated from observing a position of the eye of the first user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the gaze focus to the second user further includes designating the gaze focus of the first user by a visible demarcation to the second user.

4. The method of claim 1, further including managing the displaying the gaze focus to the second user based on a gesture from the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, further including providing an additional data feed to users determined to be sharing the gaze focus at a particular time, wherein bidirectional communication is facilitated between the first user and each of the users determined to be sharing the gaze focus.

6. A system for facilitating communication between users sharing a visual cue, comprising:

a processor, that;

determines a gaze location of a first user wearing a first wearable device as an approximation in three dimensional space,

transmits the gaze location to a second user wearing a second wearable device,

displays to the second user, a gaze focus of the first user based on the determined gaze location, wherein the gaze focus is associated with a physical object distal to the first user in the three dimensional space, and wherein displaying the gaze focus of the first user to the second user further comprises computing and displaying an approximate physical distance between the physical object and the first user to the second user according to an extrapolation of the determined gaze location of the first user,

geolocates the first and second users using Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers respectively integrated into each of the first and second wearable devices, wherein a geocoordination between the first and second users vary the gaze focus of the first user when displayed to the second user according to the geocoordination, the geocoordination performed by determining a locus of an eye of the first user and a relative distance of the second user to the first user, and computing a resultant locus of where the second user may view the gaze focus of the first user based on the determined locus of the eye of the first user with the determined relative distance of the second user to the first user, and

defines a profile and security configuration for the first user to manage an access to the gaze location by the second user;

wherein an eye-based gesture is performed by the first user to authenticate and enable the transmission of the gaze location to the second user upon the second user intersecting an eye direction of the first user.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor triangulates the approximation in three dimensional space based on an angle calculated from observing a position of the eye of the first user.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor, pursuant to displaying the gaze focus to the second user, designates the gaze focus of the first user by a visible demarcation to the second user.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor manages the displaying the gaze focus to the second user based on a gesture from the first user.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor provides an additional data feed to users determined to be sharing the gaze focus at a particular time, wherein bidirectional communication is facilitated between the first user and each of the users determined to be sharing the gaze focus.

11. A computer program product for facilitating communication between users sharing a visual cue by a processor, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

an executable portion that determines a gaze location of a first user wearing a first wearable device as an approximation in three dimensional space;

an executable portion that transmits the gaze location to a second user wearing a second wearable device;

an executable portion that displays to the second user, a gaze focus of the first user based on the determined gaze location, wherein the gaze focus is associated with a physical object distal to the first user in the three dimensional space, and wherein displaying the gaze focus of the first user to the second user further comprises computing and displaying an approximate physical distance between the physical object and the first user to the second user according to an extrapolation of the determined gaze location of the first user;

an executable portion that geolocates the first and second users using Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers respectively integrated into each of the first and second wearable devices, wherein a geocoordination between the first and second users vary the gaze focus of the first user when displayed to the second user according to the geocoordination, the geocoordination performed by determining a locus of an eye of the first user and a relative distance of the second user to the first user, and computing a resultant locus of where the second user may view the gaze focus of the first user based on the determined locus of the eye of the first user with the determined relative distance of the second user to the first user; and

an executable portion that defines a profile and security configuration for the first user to manage an access to the gaze location by the second user;

wherein an eye-based gesture is performed by the first user to authenticate and enable the transmission of the gaze location to the second user upon the second user intersecting an eye direction of the first user.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further including an executable portion that triangulates the approximation in three dimensional space based on an angle calculated from observing a position of the eye of the first user.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, further including an executable portion that, pursuant to displaying the gaze focus to the second user, designates the gaze focus of the first user by a visible demarcation to the second user.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, further including an executable portion that manages the displaying the gaze focus to the second user based on a gesture from the first user.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, further including an executable portion that provides an additional data feed to users determined to be sharing the gaze focus at a particular time, wherein bidirectional communication is facilitated between the first user and each of the users determined to be sharing the gaze focus.