Method and apparatus for communication between humans and devices
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Abstract
This invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving communications between humans and devices. The invention provides a method of modulating operation of a device, comprising providing an attentive user interface for obtaining information about an attentive state of a user; and modulating operation of a device on the basis of the obtained information, wherein the operation that is modulated is initiated by the device. Preferably, the information about the user'"'"'s attentive state is eye contact of the user with the device that is sensed by the attentive user interface.
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77 Claims
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47. A method of obtaining information about a subject'"'"'s response and/or interest toward an object, surface, or visual material, comprising:
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providing an attentive user interface in association with the object, surface, or visual material, the attentive user interface (i) sensing at least one index of the subject'"'"'s attentive state toward the object, surface, or visual material, and (ii) outputting information corresponding to the sensed index; and
relating the information to the subject'"'"'s response and/or interest toward the object, surface, or visual material. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. An apparatus for obtaining information about a subject'"'"'s response and/or interest towards an object, surface, or visual material, comprising:
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an attentive user interface associated with the object, surface, or visual material, the attentive user interface comprising (i) means for sensing at least one index of the subject'"'"'s attentive state toward the object, surface, or visual material, and (ii) means for outputting information corresponding to the sensed index; and
means for relating the information to the subject'"'"'s response and/or interest towards the object, surface, or visual material. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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