System and method for quantifying and mapping visual salience
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1. A system for quantifying and mapping visual salience to a dynamic visual stimulus, comprising:
- a processor;
software executing on said processor for receiving data indicative of a group of individual'"'"'s ocular responses while viewing a dynamic visual stimulus, the dynamic visual stimulus changing over time;
software executing on said processor for generating a distribution of visual resources for each individual in the group at each of a plurality of times during the viewing of the dynamic visual stimulus, said distribution of visual resources for each individual representing an allocation of each of at least two portions of the individual'"'"'s visual resources across each of at least two portions of the dynamic visual stimulus viewed by the particular individual at the particular time;
software executing on said processor for generating a distribution of the group'"'"'s visual resources at each of the plurality of times during the viewing of the dynamic visual stimulus by aggregating the distributions of each of the individuals at each of the plurality of times; and
software executing on said processor for generating a graphical display of the distribution of the group'"'"'s visual resources on the dynamic visual stimulus over time, the graphical display illustrating the allocation of each portion of the group'"'"'s visual resources across each portion of the dynamic visual stimulus viewed by the group at each of the plurality of times throughout the viewing of the dynamic visual stimulus, wherein the graphical display includes at least a portion of the dynamic visual stimulus.
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A system for quantifying and mapping visual salience to a visual stimulus, including a processor, software for receiving data indicative of a group of individual'"'"'s ocular responses to a visual stimulus, software for determining a distribution of visual resources at each of at least two times for each of at least a portion of the individuals. The system further including software for determining and quantifying a group distribution of visual resources at each of the at least two times and software for generating a display of the group'"'"'s distribution of visual resources to the visual stimulus.
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1. A system for quantifying and mapping visual salience to a dynamic visual stimulus, comprising:
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a processor; software executing on said processor for receiving data indicative of a group of individual'"'"'s ocular responses while viewing a dynamic visual stimulus, the dynamic visual stimulus changing over time; software executing on said processor for generating a distribution of visual resources for each individual in the group at each of a plurality of times during the viewing of the dynamic visual stimulus, said distribution of visual resources for each individual representing an allocation of each of at least two portions of the individual'"'"'s visual resources across each of at least two portions of the dynamic visual stimulus viewed by the particular individual at the particular time; software executing on said processor for generating a distribution of the group'"'"'s visual resources at each of the plurality of times during the viewing of the dynamic visual stimulus by aggregating the distributions of each of the individuals at each of the plurality of times; and software executing on said processor for generating a graphical display of the distribution of the group'"'"'s visual resources on the dynamic visual stimulus over time, the graphical display illustrating the allocation of each portion of the group'"'"'s visual resources across each portion of the dynamic visual stimulus viewed by the group at each of the plurality of times throughout the viewing of the dynamic visual stimulus, wherein the graphical display includes at least a portion of the dynamic visual stimulus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 32)
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12. A system for quantifying and mapping visual salience to a dynamic visual stimulus, comprising:
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a dynamic visual stimulus, the dynamic visual stimulus changing over time; a processor; software executing on said processor for receiving data indicative of at least one individual'"'"'s ocular response while viewing the dynamic visual stimulus; software executing on said processor for determining at least one point of regard of the individual at each of a plurality of times based on the data; software executing on said processor for generating a graphical display of the at least one individual'"'"'s points of regard to the dynamic visual stimulus over time; software executing on said processor for comparing the at least one individual'"'"'s points of regard to the dynamic visual stimulus over time to a distribution of a group'"'"'s visual resources to the dynamic visual stimulus over time; and wherein the graphical display includes a representation of the individual'"'"'s points of regard to the dynamic visual stimulus over time and a representation of an allocation of each of at least two portions of the group'"'"'s visual resources across each of at least two portions of the dynamic visual stimulus viewed by the group at each of the plurality of times throughout the viewing of the dynamic visual stimulus, wherein the display includes at least a portion of the dynamic visual stimulus. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for quantifying and mapping visual salience to a static visual stimulus, comprising:
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a processor; software executing on said processor for receiving data indicative of a group of individual'"'"'s ocular responses while viewing a static visual stimulus over a period of time; software executing on said processor for generating a distribution of visual resources for each individual in the group at each of a plurality of times during the viewing of the static visual stimulus, said distribution of visual resources for each individual representing an allocation of each of at least two portions of the individual'"'"'s visual resources across each of at least two portions of the static visual stimulus viewed by the particular individual at the particular time; software executing on said processor for generating a distribution of the group'"'"'s visual resources at each of the plurality of times during the viewing of the static visual stimulus by aggregating the distributions of each of the individuals at each of the plurality of times; and software executing on said processor for generating a three-dimensional graphical display of the group distribution of the group'"'"'s visual resources on the static visual stimulus over the period of time, the graphical display illustrating the allocation of each portion of the group'"'"'s visual resources across each portion of the static visual stimulus viewed by the group at each of the plurality of times throughout the viewing of the static visual stimulus, wherein the graphical display includes at least a portion of the static visual stimulus. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 33)
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20. A method for quantifying and mapping visual salience to a visual stimulus, comprising the steps of:
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receiving data indicative of a group of individual'"'"'s ocular responses while viewing a dynamic visual stimulus, the dynamic visual stimulus changing over time; generating a first distribution of visual resources for each individual in the group at a first time during the viewing of the dynamic visual stimulus, said distribution representing an allocation of each portion of the individual'"'"'s visual resources across each portion of the dynamic visual stimulus viewed by the particular individual at the first time; generating a second distribution of visual resources for each individual in the group at each of at least one additional time during the viewing of the dynamic visual stimulus, said distribution representing the allocation of each portion of the individual'"'"'s visual resources across each portion of the dynamic visual stimulus viewed by the particular individual at each of the at least one additional times; generating data indicative of a group distribution of the group'"'"'s visual resources at each of the at least two times by aggregating the data indicative of the first and second non-uniform distributions of each of the at least a portion of the individuals; and generating a graphical display of the distribution of the group'"'"'s visual resources on the dynamic visual stimulus over time, the graphical display illustrating the allocation of each portion of the group'"'"'s visual resources across each portion of the dynamic visual stimulus viewed by the group throughout the viewing of the dynamic visual stimulus. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34)
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