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Contextual awareness based on eye motion tracking by an eye-mounted system

US10948988B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 9, 2019
Grant dateMar 16, 2021
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B21/06
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Humans may exhibit characteristic patterns of eye movements when looking at specific objects. For example, when a person looks at the face of another person, their eyes exhibit a certain pattern of movements and saccades as they look at the face. An electronic contact lens includes eye tracking sensors and an outward looking imaging system that may capture images of the user's environment. When the eye tracking sensors detect the pattern of eye movements characteristic of looking at a face, the imaging system becomes active and captures images and performs facial recognition to identify the face using the captured images. The results of the facial recognition may be displayed to the user using a projector of the electronic contact lens.

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