Eye/Head Controls for Camera Pointing
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1. A system for remotely controlling the zoom of a video camera, comprising:
- an actuator connected to the video camera that controls the zoom of the video camera;
a video display that displays video from the video camera to a user;
an eyetracker that measures a longitudinal position of the user'"'"'s head from the video display; and
a processor that is in communication with the eyetracker and the actuator, and that instructs the actuator to zoom in or out based on the measured longitudinal position.
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Abstract
A setting of a video camera is remotely controlled. Video from a video camera is displayed to a user using a video display. At least one eye of the user is imaged as the user is observing the video display, a change in an image of at least one eye of the user is measured over time, and an eye/head activity variable is calculated from the measured change in the image using an eyetracker. The eye/head activity variable is translated into a camera control setting, and an actuator connected to the video camera is instructed to apply the camera control setting to the video camera using a processor.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for remotely controlling the zoom of a video camera, comprising:
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an actuator connected to the video camera that controls the zoom of the video camera; a video display that displays video from the video camera to a user; an eyetracker that measures a longitudinal position of the user'"'"'s head from the video display; and a processor that is in communication with the eyetracker and the actuator, and that instructs the actuator to zoom in or out based on the measured longitudinal position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for remotely controlling the zoom of a video camera, comprising:
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controlling the zoom of the video camera using an actuator connected to the video camera; displaying video from the video camera to a user using a video display; measuring a longitudinal position of the user'"'"'s head from the video display using an eyetracker; and instructing the actuator to zoom in or out based on the measured longitudinal position using a processor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product, comprising a tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose contents include a program with instructions being executed on a processor so as to perform a method for remotely controlling the zoom of a video camera, the method comprising:
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providing a system, wherein the system comprises distinct software modules, and wherein the distinct software modules comprise a video display module, an eye tracking module, and a camera control module; controlling the zoom of the video camera using an actuator connected to the video camera using the camera control module; displaying video from the video camera to a user using the video display module; controlling an eyetracker to measure a longitudinal position of the user'"'"'s head from the video display screen using the eye tracking module; and instructing the actuator to zoom in or out based on the measured longitudinal position using the camera control module. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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