Diagnostic system having gaze tracking

• US 7,396,129 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2004
• Issued: 07/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CareStream Health Incorporated
• Original Assignee: CareStream Health Incorporated
• Inventors: Fedorovskaya, Elena A., Endrikhovski, Serguei, Simon, Richard A.
• Primary Examiner(s): SCHWARTZ, JORDAN MARC
• Application Number:
  US10/994,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20060112334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,324 Days
• Field of Search: 351/209, 351/210, 345/619, 345/660, 715/700
• US Class Current: 351/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A method of modifying a portion of a digital image. In one arrangement, a digital image is displayed on a display, and the gaze data of a user viewing the image on the display is determined. The portion of the image being viewed by the user corresponding to the determined gaze data to identify a gaze region is then determined. The identified gaze region is modified to generate a modified gaze region, and the resulting modified gaze region is displayed on the display.

Claims

1. A method of annotating a portion of a digital image, comprising the steps of:

(a) displaying the digital image on a display;

(b) determining gaze data of a user viewing the image displayed on the display;

(c) determining the portion of the image being viewed by the user corresponding to the determined gaze data to identify a gaze region;

(d) receiving annotation data for the identified gaze region from the user;

(e) associating the annotation data with the identified gaze region;

(f) displaying the identified gaze region; and

(g) displaying a visual indicator on the display or on the digital image indicating the association of the annotation data with the identified gaze region.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing an audible indicator indicating the association of annotation data with the identified gaze region.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of (b) through (e) are repeated.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of (d) and (e) are repeated.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

modifying the identified gaze region to generate a modified gaze region; and

displaying the modified gaze region on the display.