US 11,810,486 B2
Image enhancement devices with gaze tracking
Ramin Samadani, Menlo Park, CA (US); Christina G. Gambacorta, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Elijah H. Kleeman, San Jose, CA (US); and Nicolas P. Bonnier, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/927,796.
Application 16/927,796 is a continuation of application No. 16/280,786, filed on Feb. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,747,312.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/643,023, filed on Mar. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0341547 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/001 (2013.01) [G02B 27/00 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G06V 40/193 (2022.01); G02B 2027/011 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0112 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0118 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01); G06T 5/007 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20192 (2013.01); G09G 2320/066 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0686 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a camera configured to capture an image of the real world;
a display, wherein the display is configured to display the image of the real world;
a gaze tracking system configured to gather point-of-gaze information; and
control circuitry that is configured to display magnified supplemental content on the display based on the point-of-gaze information and based on information on a user's vision attributes, wherein the magnified supplemental content comprises a magnified portion of the image of the real world and wherein the control circuitry is configured to display the magnified portion of the image of the real world as an overlay on a region of the image of the real world.