US 12,093,454 B2
Recovery from eye-tracking loss in foveated displays
Yashas Rai Kurlethimar, San Jose, CA (US); Can Jin, San Jose, CA (US); Nicolas Pierre Marie Frederic Bonnier, Campbell, CA (US); Jiaying Wu, San Jose, CA (US); and Andrew B. Watson, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,623.
Application 18/343,623 is a continuation of application No. 17/569,312, filed on Jan. 5, 2022, granted, now 11,789,529.
Application 17/569,312 is a continuation of application No. 17/174,138, filed on Feb. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,244,660, issued on Feb. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/989,394, filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333649 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06V 10/46 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G09G 5/38 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/013 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06V 10/462 (2022.01); G06V 40/193 (2022.01); G09G 3/2092 (2013.01); G09G 5/38 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
an eye tracker configured to collect eye tracking data regarding a gaze of one or more eyes of a user on the display; and
processing circuitry operatively coupled to the display and configured to:
increase a size of a first foveated area of a plurality of foveated areas of the display in response to a loss of eye tracking;
determine if a time elapsed since the loss of eye tracking satisfies a time threshold; and
adjust characteristics of the increase based upon whether the time elapsed since the loss of eye tracking satisfies the time threshold.