Patent №
US 9,568,997
Granted
2017-02-14
Filed 2014
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
3
nlp · vision · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14225181
Systems and methods for controlling closed captioning using an eye tracking device are provided. The system for controlling closed captioning may comprise a display device, a closed captioning controller configured to display closed captioning text for a media item during playback on the display device, and an eye tracking device configured to detect a location of a user's gaze relative to the display device and send the location to the closed captioning controller. The closed captioning controller may be configured to recognize a predetermined gaze pattern of the user's gaze and, upon detecting the predetermined gaze pattern, partially or completely deemphasize the display of the closed captioning text.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 390130714
Assignors
WILAIRAT, WEERAPAN, THUKRAL, VAIBHAV
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.