US 12,243,258 B1
Gaze target detection method and system
Athul M. Mathew, Riyadh (SA); Arshad Ali Khan, Riyadh (SA); and Riad Souissi, Riyadh (SA)
Assigned to Elm Company, Riyadh (SA)
Filed by Elm Company, Riyadh (SA)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/882,039.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/537,705, filed on Sep. 11, 2023.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/70 (2017.01) [G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
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1. A method of determining a target of a subject's gaze from an image of the subject within a scene, the method comprising:
analyzing the image and determining information associated with the image, the image information comprising:
information associated with a head of the subject in the image;
information associated with the location of the subject within the scene in the image; and
depth information associated with the subject and one or more objects comprised in the scene;
generating, using a first trained neural network, a depth-infused saliency map using the determined image information; and
determining the target of the subject's gaze using the determined image information and the depth-infused saliency map.