Method and apparatus for an attention monitoring eye-view recorder

1. An eye-view recorder apparatus comprising:

a first unit including:

an eyeglass frame;

at least one main scene viewing camera disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one scene image corresponding to a field of view of a user;

at least one eye tracking camera disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one eye image corresponding to at least a portion of at least one eye of the user;

at least one accelerometer disposed on the eyeglass frame for generating at least one electrical signal corresponding to a head movement of the user;

at least one brainwave sensing unit disposed on the eyeglass frame for receiving at least one signal corresponding to a brainwave of the user and generating at least one brainwave electrical signal;

a second unit, the second unit being in communication with the first unit and including at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor configured for:

receiving the at least one generated brainwave electrical signal from the at least one brainwave sensing unit and calculating at least the intensities of the alpha and the beta brainwaves for estimating the attention level of the user, and upon detecting a predetermined attention level of the user based on the output of the brainwave sensing unit initiating the performance of the following steps:

receiving the at least one electrical signal from the at least one accelerometer, the at least one main scene image and the at least one eye image,

determining a direction within the field of view to which the at least one eye is directed based upon the at least one eye image,

generating a subset of the at least one main scene image based on the determined direction, and

transmitting the generated subset of the at least one main scene image, the attention level of the user, and a portion of the at least one electrical signal.

2. The eye-view recorder apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least one auxiliary scene camera disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one auxiliary scene image corresponding to a subset of a field of view of the user.

3. The eye-view recorder apparatus of claim 2 wherein the at least one processor further configured for:

receiving the at least one auxiliary scene image,

utilizing one of the at least one auxiliary scene image or the at least one electrical signal from the at least one accelerometer for increasing the image resolution of at least the non overlapping subset of the at least one main scene image and generating an increased resolution copy of the at least one main scene image, and,

transmitting a subset of the increased resolution copy of the at least one main scene image.

4. The eye-view recorder apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least one light emitting diode disposed on the eyeglass frame, capable of emitting visible light and positioned within the field of view of the user, in communication with the at least one processor, for providing a visual feedback to the user via light.

5. The eye-view recorder apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least one speaker disposed on the eyeglass frame, in communication with the at least one processor, for communicating at least a feedback to the user via audio.

6. The eye-view recorder apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least one microphone disposed on the eyeglass frame, in communication with the at least one processor, for capturing at least a portion of the voice of the user.

7. A method to capture a person's mental and visual attention to a subset of a scene within the field of view of the person, wherein the person is wearing an eyeglass frame, and comprising the steps of:

receiving, via at least one processor disposed on the eyeglass frame, one electrical brainwave of the person,

calculating, via the at least one processor disposed on the eyeglass frame, the intensities of the alpha and beta brainwaves of the person from the one electrical brainwave of the person,

calculating, via at least one processor disposed on the eyeglass frame, the ratio of the intensities of the beta over the alpha brainwaves,

initiating, via at least one processor disposed on the eyeglass frame, the performance of the following steps upon the calculated ratio reaching a predetermined level:

measuring the head movement of the person,

determining the gaze direction of at least one eye of the person,

capturing an image of a scene within the field of view of the person,

generating a subset of the captured scene image based upon the determined gaze direction of at least one eye of the person, and

transmitting the intensities of the alpha and beta brainwaves, the generated subset of the scene image, and the measured head movement.