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Eye tracking based defocusing

  • US 8,990,843 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2012
  • Issued: 03/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • transmitting, from a server, video content for presentation at a remote computing device in communication with the server via a network;

    receiving, from the remote computing device, eye tracking information identified via an optical sensor at the remote computing device, the eye tracking information describing a state of one or both eyes of an individual located proximate to the remote computing device;

    identifying a first portion and a third party portion of the video content on which the eyes are more focused relative to a second portion of the video content;

    determining aggregated eye tracking information from a plurality of users, the aggregated eye tracking information including the received eye tracking information; and

    updating the video content based on the aggregated eye tracking information at selected time intervals, wherein the selection of time intervals are prioritized by identifying time intervals likely to benefit from focus adjustment, the second portion of the video content being defocused relative to the first portion and the third portion of the video content in the updated video content.

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