公开(公告)号：US20230239586A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US18101320

申请日：2023-01-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mehmet N. Agaoglu ,  Andrew B. Watson

IPC: H04N23/951 ,  H04N23/611 ,  G06T7/70

CPC classification number: H04N23/951 ,  H04N23/611 ,  G06T7/70

Abstract: Tracking an eye characteristic (e.g., gaze direction or pupil position) of a user's eyes by staggering image capture and using a predicted relationship between the user's eyes between eye captures to predict that eye's eye characteristic between those eye captures. Images of a user's eyes are captured in a staggered manner in the sense that the images of second eye are captured between the capture times of the images of the first eye and vice versa. An eye characteristic of the first eye at the capture times is determined based on the images of the first eye at those times. In addition, the eye characteristic of that first eye is predicted at additional times between captures based on a predicted relationship between the eyes.

公开(公告)号：US20210018979A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-21

申请号：US17063382

申请日：2020-10-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mehmet N. Agaoglu ,  Andrew B. Watson

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F1/3234

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display for displaying image content. Head-mounted support structures in the device may be used to support the display. The electronic device may have an eye monitoring system that detects eye saccades and eye blinks. Control circuitry in the electronic device may coordinate operation of the display with periods of suppressed visual sensitivity that are associated with the saccades and blinks. By making adjustments to display circuitry and image content during periods of suppressed visual sensitivity, potentially visually obtrusive changes to displayed images can be hidden from a user of the electronic device. Adjustments to display operation may help reduce burn-in effects, may help reduce power consumption, and may otherwise improve device performance.

公开(公告)号：US10890968B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-12

申请号：US16376329

申请日：2019-04-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yashas Rai Kurlethimar ,  Andrew B. Watson ,  Nicolas P. Bonnier ,  Mehmet N. Agaoglu ,  Alexander G. Berardino ,  Elijah H. Kleeman

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/01

Abstract: An electronic device may have a foveated display, an eye-tracking system and a head movement detection system. The eye-tracking system may gather information on a user's point of regard on the display while the head movement detection system may capture information regarding the rotation of the observer's head. Based on the point-of-regard information, head rotation information, image data, the type of eye/head movement that is underway, and/or tiredness information, control circuitry in the electronic device may produce image data for a display, with areas of different resolutions and(or) visual quality. A full-resolution and(or) quality portion of the image may overlap the point of regard. One or more lower resolution portions of the image may surround the full-resolution portion. The control circuitry may include a gaze prediction system for predicting the movement of the user's gaze during a saccade.