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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2023
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Philip Cockram, London, GB;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system for use with a head-mountable display device, HMD, operable to present content to a user, the system comprising a temperature sensor unit configured to detect a temperature associated with at least one of the user's eyes and/or an ambient temperature associated with the HMD, a blink sensor unit configured to detect blinking of one or both of the user's eyes, a threshold determination unit configured to determine a threshold value for a blink rate of the user in dependence upon the one or more detected temperatures, and a processing unit configured to determine a blink rate of the user in dependence upon the detected blinks, and to modify the content presented by the HMD in response to the blink rate of the user falling below the threshold value.