| US 7,573,439 B2 | ||
| System and method for significant image selection using visual tracking | ||
| Denny Wingchung Lau, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); Vijaykalyan Yeluri, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); and Mark M. Morita, Arlington Heights, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 10, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/77,299. | ||
| Application 11/077299 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/039152, filed on Jan. 19, 2005, granted, now 7,501,995. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/631045, filed on Nov. 24, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0109238 A1, May 25, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 345—7 [345/8] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A system for visual identification of significant images, said system comprising:
a visual tracking system capable of tracking a user gaze with respect to at least one medical display device, wherein said
visual tracking system identifies an image at which a user is gazing and wherein said visual tracking system records a user
viewing time during which said user is looking at said image;
a significant image selector for identifying at least one significant image based on said user viewing time;
a medical image database for storing medical images; and
an arbitration module for arbitrating among a plurality of users
wherein significant images are designated as significant in said medical image database.
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