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Method and apparatus for eyetrack-driven text enlargement

US5731805A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 1996
Grant dateMar 24, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2203/04805
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed that automatically expands the computer displayed information that interests a computer user. Thus making the information easier for the user to see. The computer detects which area on a display device has the user's interest by using a gaze-tracking device to monitor where the user looks on the display. After determining which area interests the user the invention expands the display of the information in that area.

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