Patent Document ID: 9685001
Application ID: 13840023
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of indicating a presence of supplemental information in augmented reality to a user of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a camera and a display, the method comprising: capturing a field of view of the camera; obtaining supplemental information for at least one object in the captured field of view; displaying the captured field of view on the display; tracking a point of regard of the user, the point of regard being indicative of an area on the display at which a gaze of the user is focused; determining, using a distance sensor as part of the electronic device, a first distance between the electronic device and the object; and for each object associated with supplemental information: displaying, overlaid the captured field of view, a respective indicator if one or more criteria are satisfied, the indicator being indicative that the supplemental information is associated with the object, the one or more criteria being based on at least a proximity between an image of the object in the captured field of view and the point of regard, wherein the indicator has a visibility that is inversely proportional to a second distance between the image of the respective object and the point of regard, the visibility being at least one of a color, a shade of color, and a strength of highlighting.