MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202444081140 A) filed by Nokia Technologies Oy on October 24, 2024, for Determining Visual Attention.

Inventors include Marja Pauliina Salmimaa; Akos Vetek; Aleksi Ikkala; and Tero Simo Ilari Jokela.

The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.

Abstract: ABSTRACT DETERMINING VISUAL ATTENTION 5 An apparatus and method is disclosed relating to determining visual attention of a user. The method may, for example, comprise tracking eye positions of a user during simultaneous display of first and second content to the user, wherein the first content comprises content displayed by a head-worn display device so that it is perceived by the user as located at a first distance from the user and the second content is displayed by a display screen of a further 10 display device located at a second distance from the user. The method may also comprise modifying the display of either, or both, of the first and second content such as to modify the spatial position at which they appear with respect to one another. The method may also comprise determining which of the displayed first and second content the user is looking at based at least on eye position movements, if any, tracked subsequent to the modifying, and 15 changing the display of other one of the first and second content which the user is not determined to be looking at such as to reduce its visibility relative to the content that the user is determined to be looking at.

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