Image storage and retrieval based on eye movements
US9697237B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/58
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various embodiments are generally directed to creating and using an index based on eye movements of the human eye to store and retrieve images in an image database. An apparatus comprises a processor circuit and a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and storing instructions operative on the processor circuit to receive a first eye movement data associated with a first image provided by the apparatus from an image database stored in the storage; determine a first identity of a first object at a first focus region in the first image indicated by the first eye movement data; search the image database for an image depicting the first object; and provide a second image depicting the first object from the image database. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.
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