Patent ID: 11880944
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for displaying information, the method comprising:
determining a field of view of a user viewing an environment via a display of a display device;
determining a focal region of interest of the user in the field of view;
providing a database comprising a list of objects and, for each object, a location of that object in the environment;
specifying a task to be performed by the user, the task specifying one or more objects in the environment;
using the list of objects and a location of the focal region of interest in the environment, identifying at least one of the objects specified by the task that are at least partially located in the environment in or proximate to the focal region of interest;
acquiring information related to the identified one or more objects, wherein the acquired information for the one or more objects specified in the task is dependent on the task;
generating an image element comprising the acquired information; and
displaying the generated image element on the display of the display device through which the user is viewing the environment.