SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAZE-BASED MEDIA SELECTION AND EDITING
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Abstract
Systems are presented herein, which may be implemented in a wearable device. The system is designed to allow a user to edit media images captured with the wearable device. The system employs eye tracking data to control various editing functions, whether prior to the time of capture, during the time of capture, or after the time of capture. Also presented are methods for determining which sections or regions of media images may be of greater interest to a user or viewer. The method employs eye tracking data to assign saliency to captured media. In both the system and the method, eye tracking data may be combined with data from additional sensors in order to enhance operation.
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59 Claims
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40. A system for editing media images, the system comprising:
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a wearable device; a scene camera mounted on the device such that the scene camera captures media images of surroundings of a user; a memory for storing the media images; an eye tracking subsystem that projects a reference frame onto at least one eye of a user and associates the projected reference frame with a second reference frame of a display for capturing eye tracking data of the at least one eye of the user; and one or more processors communicating with the scene camera and eye tracking subsystem for tagging media images captured by the scene camera based at least in part on the eye tracking data and for non-destructively editing the media images such that the media images are recoverable at a later time from the memory by the one or more processors. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for selecting or editing media images from a wearable device worn by a user, comprising:
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capturing media images of the user'"'"'s surroundings at a scene camera of the wearable device; capturing eye tracking data of at least one eye of the user at a user-facing camera of the wearable device; projecting a reference frame onto the at least one eye of the user and associating the projected reference frame with a second reference frame of a display at an eye tracking subsystem of the wearable device; at least one of selecting and editing the media images based at least in part on actions of the at least one eye identified from the eye tracking data; detecting a threshold event based on an accelerometer of the wearable device; and wherein at least one of selecting and editing the media images comprises automatically tagging the media images for a predetermined time immediately before the threshold event. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method, comprising:
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projecting a point of light onto a user'"'"'s eye; capturing eye tracking data comprising a glint from a reflection of the point of light from the user'"'"'s eye at an eye tracking camera of a wearable device; determining movement of the user'"'"'s eye relative to the glint; capturing media images of the user'"'"'s surroundings at a scene camera of the wearable device; and editing the media images based on movement of the user'"'"'s eye relative to the glint. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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