Patent ID: 11874961
Assignee: TECTUS CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 21:
22. A method for managing display of an icon in an eye tracking augmented reality device that concurrently enables a world view of an external environment of a viewer, the method comprising:
detecting criteria for displaying an icon;
initially projecting the icon onto a retina of an eye such that the icon appears at a target position located at a predefined offset from a center of gaze in an annular region of the retina outside of a fovea;
estimating changes in orientation of the eye;
updating a tracked position of the icon based on the changes in orientation such that the icon appears to maintain a substantially stable appearance with respect to the world view;
detecting if selection criteria are met based on the tracked position;
if the selection criteria are not met, projecting the icon at the tracked position when the tracked position is within a projectable image space of the eye tracking augmented reality device; and
responsive to the selection criteria being met, initiating a selection action associated with the icon.