Patent 7488072 was granted and assigned to New York University on February, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An apparatus for viewing includes a screen. The apparatus includes means for detecting a fixation point of a viewer's eyes on an image on the screen. The apparatus includes means for displaying a foveal inset image on the image on the screen about the fixation point so a viewer's fovea sees the foveal image while the rest of the eye sees the image. A method for viewing. The method includes the steps of detecting a fixation point of a viewer's eyes on an image on a screen. There is the step of displaying a foveal inset image on the image on the screen about the fixation point so the viewers fovea sees the foveal image while the rest of the eye sees the image.