Patents by Inventor Tore MEYER

Tore MEYER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11616903
    Abstract: A method for assisting a user, who is looking at a screen of a user device, to focus on a camera region of the screen includes receiving image data of the user, the image data being captured by a camera of the user device arranged to the screen close to the camera region; determining user input data indicative of that the user wants assistance to focus on the camera region; determining, based on the user input, gaze tracking data of the user looking at the screen, wherein the gaze tracking data are representative for a gaze area on the screen, at which the user is looking at a time of the user input or shortly before the user input; and displaying a screen content in the gaze area of the screen in the camera region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: 4tiitoo GmbH
    Inventors: Tore Meyer, Stephan Odorfer
  • Publication number: 20220256094
    Abstract: A method for assisting a user, who is looking at a screen of a user device, to focus on a camera region of the screen includes receiving image data of the user, the image data being captured by a camera of the user device arranged to the screen close to the camera region; determining user input data indicative of that the user wants assistance to focus on the camera region; determining, based on the user input, gaze tracking data of the user looking at the screen, wherein the gaze tracking data are representative for a gaze area on the screen, at which the user is looking at a time of the user input or shortly before the user input; and displaying a screen content in the gaze area of the screen in the camera region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Tore Meyer, Stephan Odorfer
  • Patent number: 10152123
    Abstract: A method for detecting objects (28) of interest comprises: receiving gaze tracking data (30) of a person looking at a collection of objects (28), the gaze tracking data (30) comprising information, at which points the person is looking; determining a map (42) of objects in the field of view of the person, the map (42) of objects indicating, at which position (44) an object in the collection of objects is arranged; determining gaze interaction events (48) for objects in the collection of objects by matching the gaze tracking data (30) to the map (42) of objects, wherein a gaze interaction event (48) for an object indicates that a specific gazing interaction has occurred with respect to the object; determining category characteristics (56) for at least those objects (28) having gaze interaction events (48), wherein a category characteristic (56) describes the object with respect to a specific object category (58); and determining at least one category characteristic (56) of interest in at least one object categ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: 4TIITOO GMBH
    Inventors: Tore Meyer, Stephan Odörfer
  • Publication number: 20170336865
    Abstract: A method for detecting objects (28) of interest comprises: receiving gaze tracking data (30) of a person looking at a collection of objects (28), the gaze tracking data (30) comprising information, at which points the person is looking; determining a map (42) of objects in the field of view of the person, the map (42) of objects indicating, at which position (44) an object in the collection of objects is arranged; determining gaze interaction events (48) for objects in the collection of objects by matching the gaze tracking data (30) to the map (42) of objects, wherein a gaze interaction event (48) for an object indicates that a specific gazing interaction has occurred with respect to the object; determining category characteristics (56) for at least those objects (28) having gaze interaction events (48), wherein a category characteristic (56) describes the object with respect to a specific object category (58); and determining at least one category characteristic (56) of interest in at least one object categ
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tore MEYER, Stephan ODÖRFER