US 7,501,995 B2
System and method for presentation of enterprise, clinical, and decision support information utilizing eye tracking navigation
Mark M. Morita, Arlington Heights, Ill. (US); Prakash Mahesh, Schaumburg, Ill. (US); and Thomas A. Gentles, Algonquin, Ill. (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/39,152.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/631045, filed on Nov. 24, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0109237 A1, May 25, 2006
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 345—7  [600/300] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaze detection and control system for displaying relevant enterprise, clinical or decision support information, said system comprising: an information system including information related to at least one image;
a display device capable of displaying images and data;
a gaze tracking system for detecting a location of a user's gaze with respect to said display device, wherein said gaze tracking system triggers a retrieval of information from said information system based at least in part on said location of said user's gaze, wherein said retrieved information is displayed at said display device;
a plurality of perspectives, each perspective saving a relation with at least one of a plurality of information sources;
a medical perspectives manager for associating at least one information source with a perspective, wherein the medical perspectives manager allows a user to access the at least one associated information source using the perspective;
a rules engine including at least one rule governing at least one of availability and presentation of information based at least in part on the user's gaze; and
a context manager for obtaining information from the plurality of information sources based on a query and filtering the information based on the at least one rule.