METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR LEVERAGING USER GAZE IN USER MONITORING SUBREGION SELECTION SYSTEMS

摘要

The subject matter described herein relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for leveraging user gaze in a user monitoring subregion selection system. One system includes a first camera configured to capture an image of a scene. In one implementation, the system includes a pattern generator configured to generate and project a pattern onto a surface of at least one of a user's eyes. The system further includes a sensor configured to obtain an image of the pattern reflected from at least one of the user's eyes. In an alternate implementation, the pattern generator may be omitted, and the sensor may be a stereo user facing camera. The system further includes a gaze estimation and scene mapping module configured to estimate a gaze direction of the user using the image captured by the user facing sensor and to map the estimated gaze direction to the image of the scene based on a location of an object of interest within the scene. The system further includes a subregion selection module configured to select a subregion of the image of the scene based on the mapped user gaze direction.