GAZE INTERACTION FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY OF GAZED ITEMS

• US 20100007601A1
• Filed: 07/10/2007
• Published: 01/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van Gelder, Kero, Buil, Vincentius Paulus, Hollemans, Gerrit, Lashina, Tatiana Aleksandrovna, Van De Wijdeven, Sander Bernard Francis
• Granted Patent: US 9,606,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence

Abstract

An interactive method and system include at least one detector (210) configured to detect glazes of at least one viewer (250) looking at items (230, 232, 234). A processor (130) is configured to calculate gaze durations, such as cumulative gaze durations per item of the items, identify the most looked at item(s) in accordance with the cumulative gaze durations, and provide information related to the most looked at items. A display device (240) displays the information, a list of the most looked at items, representations of the most looked at items, and/or audio/visual show related to at least one item of the most looked at items. At least one item (290) and/or item representation may be displayed more prominently than others ones of the most looked at items and/or item representations.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. An interaction system comprising:

a detector configured to detect gazes of at least one viewer looking at items; and

a processor configured to calculate cumulative gaze durations per item of said items, identify most looked at items in accordance with said cumulative gaze durations, and

a display adapted to display the most looked at item on the display device and to start at least one of an audio and visual show related to said at least one of the most looked item.

18. The interaction system of claim 17, wherein the display is adapted to display a list of said most looked at items, representations of said most looked at items.

19. The interaction system of claim 18, wherein said at least one item is displayed more prominently than others of said most looked at items.

20. The interaction system of claim 18, wherein one representation of said representations is displayed more prominently than others of said representations.

21. The interaction system of claim 17, further comprising a mat configured to detect feet orientation of said at least one viewer.

22. An interaction method comprising the acts of:

detecting gaze times within a predefined period for products within a view of at least one user;

identifying most looked at products; and

displaying the most looked at products on a display device; and

starting at least one of an audio and visual show related to said at least one of the most looked products.

23. The interaction method of claim 22, further comprising:

displaying thumbnails of the most looked at products sorted according to the gaze times;

enlarging at least one of said thumbnails corresponding to at least one of the most looked at products associated with at least a largest of said gaze times;

highlighting the most looked at products;

displaying said at least one of the most looked at products more prominently than others of the most looked products on said display device.

24. The interaction method of claim 23, wherein said displaying act displays said at least one of the most looked at products in a predetermined section of said display device, including a center of said display device.

25. The interaction method of claim 22, wherein said identifying act includes ranking said products in accordance with said gaze times.

26. The interaction method of claim 22, further comprising the act of tracking durations of gazes of said at least one user gazing at an individual product of said products within said predefined period to form a gaze time of said gaze times corresponding to said individual product.

27. The interaction method of claim 22, wherein said gaze times include cumulative gaze time per product of said products gazed by said user within said predetermined period.

28. The interaction method of claim 22, wherein said gaze times include cumulative gaze time per product per viewer of said products gazed by multiple viewers within said predetermined period.

29. An interaction method comprising the steps of:

tracking gaze durations of gazes of at least one viewer viewing a plurality of products;

ranking said plurality of products in accordance with said gaze durations;

determining interested products of said at least one viewer in accordance with said ranking act; and

displaying at least one of said interested products, representations of said interested products, and a list of said interested products including a predetermined number of most looked at products in accordance with said gaze durations corresponding to said interested products; and

highlighting said at least one of said interested products in accordance with said ranking act.

30. The interaction method of claim 29, wherein said highlighting act includes at least one of the acts of:

illuminating said at least one of said interested products; and

displaying a representation of said at least one of said interested products more prominently than other representations on a display device.

31. The interaction method of claim 29, wherein said gaze durations include cumulative gaze durations of individual products of said plurality of products.