Gaze-controlled user interface with multimodal input
US10372203B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0304
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A personal computer system provides a gaze-controlled graphical user interface having a bidirectional and a unidirectional interaction mode. In the bidirectional interaction mode, a display shows one or more graphical controls in motion, each being associated with an input operation to an operating system. A gaze tracking system provides gaze point data of a viewer, and a matching module attempts to match a relative gaze movement against a relative movement of one of the graphical controls. The system includes a selector which is preferably controllable by a modality other than gaze. The system initiates a transition from the unidirectional interaction mode to the bidirectional interaction mode in response to an input received at the selector. The display then shows graphical controls in motion in a neighborhood of the current gaze point, as determined based on current gaze data.
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