Meta patents head-mounted device that uses eye tracking to guide sensors
Meta has been granted a patent for a head-mounted device that uses eye-tracking data to create 'activation maps.' These maps tell a sensing module where and when to collect data, allowing the device to focus its sensors on specific areas of interest.
In the filing’s own words
Eye gaze data is generated by an eye-tracking module. One or more activation maps are generated by a sensing module based on the eye gaze data. The sensing module acquires sensor data based on the one or more activation maps.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A head-mounted device (HMD) comprising: an eye-tracking module configured to generate eye gaze data; a sensing module configured to: generate one or more activation maps based on the eye gaze data; and acquire sensor data based on the one or more activation maps.
Facts
- Company
- Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
- Official title
- Sensing activation maps from eye data
- Patent number
- US12730509B2
- Application number
- 18887042
- Filed
- Sep 17, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/013 Physics & computingG06T 19/006 Physics & computingMore from Meta in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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