US 12,002,290 B2
Systems and methods for hybrid edge/cloud processing of eye-tracking image data
Caleb Robert Hinton, Mesa, AZ (US); Miles Kirkland Manning, Gilbert, AZ (US); and Robert Jacob Nelson, Gilbert, AZ (US)
Assigned to EYETECH DIGITAL SYSTEMS, INC., Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed by EyeTech Digital Systems, Inc., Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,998.
Prior Publication US 2023/0274578 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 40/00 (2022.01); G06V 40/19 (2022.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 40/19 (2022.01) [H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/64 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An eye-movement data acquisition system comprising:
an illumination source configured to produce infrared light;
a camera assembly configured to receive a portion of the infrared light reflected from a user's face during activation of the infrared illumination source and produce a plurality of image data frames;
an edge processing system communicatively coupled to the camera assembly and the illumination sources, the edge processing system configured to produce eye-movement data based on the plurality of image data frames;
a cloud processing system communicatively coupled to the camera assembly and the illumination sources, the cloud processing system configured to produce the eye-movement data based on the plurality of the image data frames; and
a decision module configured to select between the edge processing system and the cloud processing system based on a set of desired tracker settings and a set of capabilities of the cloud processing system, wherein the set of capabilities includes at least a minimum tracker rate and a processing mode, the processing mode selected from the group consisting of real-time processing and buffered processing.