SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAZE BASED ATTENTION TRAINING
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring the attention of a user, comprisinga display;
- an eyetracker that measures a user'"'"'s gazepoint within the display; and
a processor in communication with the display and the eyetracker thatdisplays one or more images to the user on the display;
determines that an image of the one or more images is being viewed by an eye of the user from one or more measurements received from the eyetracker;
displays one or more modifications to the image on the display over time so as to maintain the attention of the user; and
determines if the attention of the user is maintained from one or more additional measurements received from the eyetracker after the one or more modifications to the image.
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Abstract
Gaze based systems and methods are used to monitor the attention of a user. One or more images are displayed to a user on a display. It is determined that an image of the one or more images is being viewed by an eye of the user from one or more measurements received from an eyetracker. One or more modifications to the image are displayed on the display over time so as to maintain the attention of the user. Whether or not the attention of the user is maintained is determined from one or more additional measurements received from the eyetracker after the one or more modifications to the image. In various embodiments, the one or more modifications to the image include moving the image on the display. In various embodiments, the one or more modifications to the image include animating the image on the display.
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1. A system for monitoring the attention of a user, comprising
a display; -
an eyetracker that measures a user'"'"'s gazepoint within the display; and a processor in communication with the display and the eyetracker that displays one or more images to the user on the display; determines that an image of the one or more images is being viewed by an eye of the user from one or more measurements received from the eyetracker; displays one or more modifications to the image on the display over time so as to maintain the attention of the user; and determines if the attention of the user is maintained from one or more additional measurements received from the eyetracker after the one or more modifications to the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for monitoring the attention of a user, comprising displaying one or more images to a user on a display;
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determining that an image of the one or more images is being viewed by an eye of the user from one or more measurements received from an eyetracker; displaying one or more modifications to the image on the display over time so as to maintain the attention of the user; and determining if the attention of the user is maintained from one or more additional measurements received from the eyetracker after the one or more modifications to the image.
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20. A computer program product, comprising a tangible computer-readable storage medium whose contents include a program with instructions being executed on a processor so as to perform a method for monitoring the attention of a user, the method comprising:
providing a system, wherein the system comprises distinct software modules, and wherein the distinct software modules comprise a display module and as eyetracking module; displaying one or more images to a user on a display using the display module; determining that an image of the one or more images is being viewed by an eye of the user from one or more measurements received from an eyetracker using the eyetracking module; displaying one or more modifications to the image on the display over time so as to maintain the attention of the user using the display module; and determining if the attention of the user is maintained from one or more additional measurements received from the eyetracker after the one or more modifications to the image using the eyetracking module.
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