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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Joseph Kurth Reynolds, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for indicating an attentiveness of a user of a head-mounted display (HMD) device. The HMD device may include a camera configured to capture images of the surrounding environment, an electronic display configured to display the images captured by the camera, and one or more sensors configured to track a direction of gaze of the user. In some aspects, the HMD device may output an attention cue based on the images displayed on the electronic display and the user's direction of gaze. The attention cue may indicate an attentiveness of the user to a person or object in the surrounding environment. In some implementations, the attention cue may be output via an attention indicator disposed on an outer surface of the HMD device. In some other implementations, the attention cue may be output via a communication interface that communicates with another HMD device.


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