MULTIPLE RESOLUTION VIDEO NETWORK WITH EYE TRACKING BASED CONTROL

• US 20100283843A1
• Filed: 07/17/2008
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
• Original Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
• Inventors: Cai, Yang
• Application Number:
  US12/669,685
• Publication Number:
  US 20100283843A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/78
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/12 Systems in which the television signal is transmitted via one channel or a plurality of parallel channels, the bandwidth of each channel being less than the bandwidth of the television signal H04N7/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A system. The system includes a computing device configured for communication with a plurality of multiple resolution cameras and with a display device. The computing device includes a camera resolution module configured for instructing at least one of the multiple resolution cameras to operate at a first resolution at a first period of time and at a second resolution at a second period of time. The first resolution is different than the second resolution.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a computing device configured for communication with a plurality of multiple resolution cameras and with a display device, wherein the computing device comprises;

a camera resolution module configured for instructing at least one of the multiple resolution cameras to operate at;

a first resolution at a first period of time; and

a second resolution at a second period of time, wherein the first resolution is different than the second resolution.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device further comprises an eye tracking module in communication with the camera resolution module, wherein the eye tracking module is configured for associating a first position of a person'"'"'s eye with a first location on the display device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device further comprises an eye tracking module in communication with the camera resolution module, wherein the eye tracking module is configured for associating a first position of a person'"'"'s eye with a first image on the display device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device further comprises an eye tracking module in communication with the camera resolution module, wherein the eye tracking module is configured for associating a first position of a person'"'"'s eye with a first one of the multiple resolution cameras.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device further comprises an eye tracking module in communication with the camera resolution module, wherein the eye tracking module is configured for associating a first location on the display device with a first image on the display device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device further comprises an eye tracking module in communication with the camera resolution module, wherein the eye tracking module is configured for associating a first location on the display device with a first one of the multiple resolution cameras.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device further comprises an eye tracking module in communication with the camera resolution module, wherein the eye tracking module is configured for associating a first image on the display device with a first one of the multiple resolution cameras.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device further comprises an eye tracking module in communication with the camera resolution module, wherein the camera resolution module is further configured for instructing the at least one of the multiple resolution cameras based on information received from the eye tracking module.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device further comprises a display module configured for sending a plurality of images to the display device, wherein the plurality of images comprise:

a first image at the first resolution; and

a second image at the second resolution.

10. A method, implemented at least in part by a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving a first image from a multiple resolution camera at a first resolution;

generating a change of resolution instruction;

sending the change of resolution instruction to the multiple resolution camera; and

receiving a second image from the multiple resolution camera at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is different than the first resolution,

11. The method of claim 10, wherein generating the change of resolution instruction comprises generating the change of resolution instruction based on a position of a person'"'"'s eye.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein generating the change of resolution instruction comprises generating the change of resolution instruction after a position of a person'"'"'s eye has remained fixed for a predetermined period of time.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising associating a position of a person'"'"'s eyes with a location on a display device.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising associating a position of a person'"'"'s eyes with an image on a display device.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising associating a position of a person'"'"'s eyes with a multiple resolution camera.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising associating a location on a display device with an image on the display device.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising associating a location on a display device with a multiple resolution camera.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising associating an image on a display device with a multiple resolution camera.

19. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating a second change of resolution instruction;

sending the second change of resolution instruction to the multiple resolution camera; and

receiving a third image from the multiple resolution camera at the first resolution.