METHODS AND APPARATUSES OF EYE ADAPTATION SUPPORT
First Claim
1. A device for reducing the brightness level of a portion of a display area of an imaging unit, comprising:
- a gaze tracking unit adapted to assess eye gazing direction of an observer;
a controllable transparency panel adapted to be mounted in front of a display area of an imaging unit and to display a changeable brightness reduction pattern having an original display brightness portion and a darkening portion therearound; and
a controller which instructs said controllable transparency panel to change said brightness reduction pattern according to said eye gazing direction in real time so that the location of said original display brightness portion is correlated with the location of at least one fovea of said observer in real time.
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Abstract
A device for reducing the brightness level of a portion of a display area of an imaging unit. The device comprises a gaze tracking unit adapted to assess eye gazing direction of an observer, a controllable transparency panel adapted to be mounted in front of a display area of an imaging unit and to display a changeable brightness reduction pattern having a original display brightness portion and a darkening portion therearound, and a controller which instructs the controllable transparency panel to change the brightness reduction pattern according to the eye gazing direction in real time so that the location of the original display brightness portion being correlated with the location of at least one fovea of the observer in real time.
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22 Claims
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1. A device for reducing the brightness level of a portion of a display area of an imaging unit, comprising:
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a gaze tracking unit adapted to assess eye gazing direction of an observer; a controllable transparency panel adapted to be mounted in front of a display area of an imaging unit and to display a changeable brightness reduction pattern having an original display brightness portion and a darkening portion therearound; and a controller which instructs said controllable transparency panel to change said brightness reduction pattern according to said eye gazing direction in real time so that the location of said original display brightness portion is correlated with the location of at least one fovea of said observer in real time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for operating an adjustable panel which is mounted between a display area of an imaging unit and the eyes of a user, comprising:
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assessing eye gazing direction of an observer; calculating instructions to adapt a brightness reduction pattern having an original display brightness portion and a darkening portion therearound on a controllable transparency panel according to said eye gazing direction, said controllable transparency panel being mounted between a display area of an imaging unit and the eyes of said observer; and forwarding said instructions to said controllable transparency panel so that the location of said original display brightness portion is correlated with the location of at least one fovea of said observer in real time so that light passing through said original display brightness portion is projected on at least one fovea. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. An imaging unit having adjustable brightness level, comprising:
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a gaze tracking unit adapted to assess eye gazing direction of an observer; a display adapted to display an image; and a controller which calculates a changeable brightness reduction pattern having an original display brightness portion and a darkening portion therearound and instructs said display to reduce brightness level in a first image segment which correspond with said darkening portion in real time so that the location of a second image segment, which is surrounded by said first image segment, being correlated with the location of at least one fovea of said observer in real time.
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