Patent ID: 10802582

Abstract:
An eye tracking device, is part of an augmented reality AR headset, and is positioned to view a user's eyes, while wearing the headset. The headset displays input icons in mid-air. The user views the input options. The user's gaze at one the input icons, activates the icon. The input icons can be can be associated to activating functions of the headset, or a device, or an internet web page. The benefits of eye tracking, are interaction with the icons which is natural, intuitive and seamless, and improves user balance. Gaze provides a way to bring the real and the unreal closer together. The eye tracker only needs gaze to activate icons, this frees users from using other input devices, such as, a hand-held hand input device which needs to coordinate gaze and hand movements, or a microphone for voice input, or a camera for hand gesture input.