Dichoptic Display Attention Feedback for Dual Mental Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies are unable to facilitate the simultaneous rendering of separate left and right mental displays, as they are designed to promote binocular fusion, which limits the ability to process multiple information sources effectively in the information age.
Innovation Solution
An interest-attention feedback loop is used to measure and adjust attention factors in dual eye display systems, allowing individuals to suppress binocular fusion and render separate left and right mental displays simultaneously, enabling the 'dual experience' mode where both images are processed simultaneously.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If binocular fusion is promoted to render one coherent three-dimensional display, then visual coherence and depth perception are improved, but the ability to process multiple information sources simultaneously is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the visual processing task by presenting separate images to each eye through dichoptic display, allowing independent processing of left and right eye images. This segmentation enables the user to access multiple information sources simultaneously (e.g., navigation information in one eye, situational awareness in the other) without forcing fusion into a single coherent display, thus resolving the contradiction between visual coherence and information processing capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic control of attention factors through feedback mechanisms that adjust image characteristics (brightness, contrast, color) in real-time based on user interest. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to adaptively manage the balance between maintaining visual coherence when needed and enabling separate processing of multiple information streams, resolving the contradiction through flexible, context-dependent control.
2Productivity
If separate images are presented to each eye to enable dual mental displays, then information processing capacity is improved, but binocular fusion is disrupted causing visual instability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms that monitor user interest in left and right eye images and dynamically adjust attention factors accordingly. This feedback loop allows the system to maintain visual stability by adapting image characteristics in real-time based on user responses, preventing the disruption of binocular fusion while still enabling separate information processing when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes physical parameters of the displayed images (brightness, contrast, color, movement) dynamically based on user interest and task requirements. By adjusting these parameters, the system can switch between modes that favor fusion for stability and modes that favor separate processing for enhanced information capacity, resolving the contradiction through parameter manipulation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If attention factors are dynamically adjusted to balance interest in left and right images, then dual display capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the system automatically monitors user interest and adjusts attention factors without requiring manual control. The feedback mechanisms enable the system to self-regulate the balance between left and right eye images, reducing the need for complex user interfaces and manual adjustment while maintaining high adaptability and versatility.
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AI summary
A method for using an interest-attention feedback loop involving the determination of the interest of a person in a left sensor stimulation stream and a right sensor stimulation stream, and the adjustment of attention factors to balance that interest, with the intent to facilitate, or train, a person to intentionally suppress binocular fusion and operate within the dual experience, where the person is able to simultaneously render separate left and right mental displays. The dual experience allows the person new mental processing capabilities that can produce novel information synthesis, double the information input in man machine interfaces, and allow reaction to the cognitive awareness of two simultaneous world views. This includes facilitating awareness and interactions with two different computer screen interfaces simultaneously, reducing fatigue associated with optical screen switching, and encouraging the fusion of two different simultaneous experiences into an abstract information synthesis.