REGION RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, REGION RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130080974A1
• Filed: 04/15/2011
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Suzuki, Shunsuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,158,432 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/811
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A region recommendation device 100 includes a visibility analysis unit 101 which identifies a region where a viewing order satisfies a set criterion as a frequent viewing region, a selection possibility analysis unit 102 which identifies a object which the selection possibility satisfies a set criterion as a frequent selection object, and a recommended-region identification unit 103 which recommends a suitable region from among regions besides the region in which the placed frequent selection object in the frequent viewing region.

Claims

1. A region recommendation device comprising:

a visibility analysis unit which identifies, based on viewing order of a region on a screen, from among regions besides the region in which a target object is placed, the region where the viewing order satisfies a set criterion as a frequent viewing region;

a selection possibility analysis unit which identifies, based on selection possibility of each object on the screen, from among objects placed on the frequent viewing region, the object which the selection possibility satisfies a set criterion as a frequent selection object; and

a recommended-region identification unit which identifies, based on the viewing order, from among regions besides the region in which the frequent selection object is placed in the frequent viewing region, the region which is suitable for placing the target object as a recommended-region.

2. The region recommendation device according to claim 1 wherein

the selection possibility analysis unit identifies the object which the selection possibility is higher than the target object as the frequent selection object.

3. The region recommendation device according to claim 1, wherein

the visibility analysis unit identifies the region where the viewing order is earlier than the target object as the frequent viewing region, and

the recommended-region identification unit identifies the region where the viewing order is earlier than the region in which the frequent selection object is placed in the frequent viewing region as the recommended-region.

4. The region recommendation device according to claim 1, wherein

the selection possibility of each object on the screen is found by a ratio of a selection frequency of the object to a viewing number of times of the screen.

5. The region recommendation device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a measuring unit which measures the viewing number of times of the screen and the selection frequency of the object for each object on the screen; and

a selection possibility information generation unit which performs the statistical processing to the viewing number of times of the screen and the selection frequency of the object for each object on the screen that the measuring unit has measured, and generates information for identifying the selection possibility of each object on the screen based on a result of the statistical processing, and

wherein the selection possibility analysis unit identifies the frequent selection object using the information generated by the selection possibility information generation unit.

6. The region recommendation device according to claim 1, wherein

the viewing order of the region on the screen is found by viewing rank, which is detected whenever the screen is viewed, for each of a plurality of parts which compose the screen.

7. The region recommendation device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a viewing rank acquisition unit which acquires the viewing rank for each of the plurality of parts whenever the screen is viewed; and

viewing order information generation unit which performs the statistical processing to the viewing rank for each of the plurality of parts acquired by the viewing rank acquisition unit, and generates information for identifying the viewing order of the region on the screen based on a result of the statistical processing, and

wherein the visibility analysis unit identifies the frequent viewing region using the information generated by the viewing order information generation unit, and the recommended-region identification unit identifies the recommended-region using the information generated by the viewing order information generation unit.

8. The region recommendation device according to claim 1, wherein

the visibility analysis unit identifies the objects besides the target object as the frequent viewing regions, and the recommended-region identification unit identifies the object to become the recommended-region from among the objects identified as the frequent viewing regions.

9. A region recommendation method comprising:

identifying, based on viewing order of a region on a screen, from among regions besides the region in which a target object is placed, the region where the viewing order satisfies a set criterion as a frequent viewing region;

identifying, based on selection possibility of each object on the screen, from among objects placed on the frequent viewing region, the object which the selection possibility satisfies a set criterion as a frequent selection object; and

identifying, based on the viewing order, from among regions besides the region in which the frequent selection object is placed in the frequent viewing region, the region which is suitable for placing the target object as a recommended-region.

10. A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform:

processing for identifying, based on viewing order of a region on a screen, from among regions besides the region in which a target object is placed, the region where the viewing order satisfies a set criterion as a frequent viewing region;

processing for identifying, based on selection possibility of each object on the screen, from among objects placed on the frequent viewing region, the object which the selection possibility satisfies a set criterion as a frequent selection object; and

processing for identifying, based on the viewing order, from among regions besides the region in which the frequent selection object is placed in the frequent viewing region, the region which is suitable for placing the target object as a recommended-region.