Systems and methods for evaluating human eye tracking
Inventors
GROSS, Adam Todd • HUNFALVAY, Melissa
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Publication Number
US-11690510-B2
Publication Date
2023-07-04
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating human eye tracking. One method includes receiving data representing the location of and/or information tracked by an individual's eye or eyes before, during, or after the individual performs a task; identifying a temporal phase or a biomechanical phase of the task performed by the individual; identifying a visual cue in the identified temporal phase or biomechanical phase; and scoring the tracking of the individual's eye or eyes by comparing the data to the visual cue.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to monitoring, via a visor device, a physical activity engaged in by an individual using at least one sensor included in the visor device. The processor identifies one or more visual cues associated with one or more temporal phases of the physical activity and displays the associated visual cues on an electronic user interface of the visor device.
The invention receives, from one or more eye trackers included in the visor device, data representing the location of the individual's eye or eyes looking relative to the one or more visual cues. This eye-location data is received before, during, or after the individual performs the physical activity, and for each temporal phase the electronic user interface causes a visual comparison of the location for the individual with an ideal location.
The invention also covers refined representations and evaluations, including location-representing data that comprises image data of the individual's eye or eyes, and/or coordinate data for the individual's eye or eyes and/or a coordinate location where the individual's eye or eyes were focused. Target ranges can be determined for a visual cue and used in the visual comparison, and cue movement can be identified by determining sets of coordinates at multiple points in time with an associated target range for each set.
Claims Coverage
The document includes two independent claims that cover both a method executed with a visor device and a visor device configured to execute the method. Across these independent claims, the core inventive features comprise temporal-phase cue identification and display, eye-tracker data reception relative to displayed cues before, during, or after the activity, and phase-by-phase visual comparison of eye location to an ideal location.
Temporal-phase visual cue identification and display
identifying, via the processor, one or more visual cues associated with one or more temporal phases of the physical activity; for each of the one or more temporal phases, displaying via the processor, and on an electronic user interface of the visor device, the one or more associated visual cues
Visor-based eye tracking of eye location relative to displayed cues
receiving, via the processor and from one or more eye trackers included in the visor device, data of the individual's response to the one or more visual cues, including data representing a location of the individual's eye or eyes are looking relative to the one or more visual cues displayed using the electronic user interface before, during, or after the individual performs the physical activity
Phase-by-phase visual comparison to an ideal location
for each of the one or more temporal phases, causing the electronic user interface to display a visual comparison of the location for the individual with an ideal location
Visor device architecture for cue display and eye-location comparison
a visor device for evaluating human eye tracking, comprising one or more eye trackers, at least one sensor, an electronic user interface, and at least one processor in local or remote communication with the one or more eye trackers, the at least one sensor, and the electronic user interface and configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including monitoring a physical activity, identifying visual cues associated with temporal phases, displaying the associated visual cues, receiving eye-tracker data of eye-location relative to the displayed visual cues, and causing the electronic user interface to display a visual comparison of the location for the individual with an ideal location
The independent claims are centered on visor-based evaluation that segments a physical activity into temporal phases, links one or more visual cues to those phases for display, receives eye-location response data relative to the displayed cues before, during, or after the activity, and presents a visual comparison of the individual's eye location with an ideal location for each phase.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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