ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RELIEVING VISUAL FATIGUE USING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20130169523A1
• Filed: 11/12/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: HUANG, HSIU-WEN
• Granted Patent: US 8,847,885 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

An electronic device includes a visual sensor and a display screen. The visual sensor senses whether a user is looking at the display screen. If the user is looking at the display screen, the electronic device adjusts a font size of a font being displayed on the display screen. If the user looks at the display screen for not less than a first predefined time, the electronic device prompts the user to have a rest and turn off the display screen. After the electronic device has been turned off for more than a second predefined time, the display screen is turned on again automatically.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a storage system;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the storage system and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a controlling module that controls a visual sensor of the electronic device to capture an image of eyes of a user, and detects whether the user is looking at a display screen of the electronic device by determining whether the image of the eyes matches an eyes model stored in the storage system;

an adjusting module that adjusts a font size of a font on a page displayed on the display screen to a preset font size when the user is looking at the display screen; and

a prompting module that prompts the user to have a rest and controls the display screen to turn off when the user has looked at the display screen not less than a first predefined time.

2. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the controlling module determines that the user is looking at the display screen when the image of the eyes matches one of the eyes models.

3. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the one or more programs further comprise a first timing module that sets an initial time when the visual sensor determines that the user is looking at the screen.

4. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the one or more programs further comprise an opening module that controls the display screen to turn on when the display screen has been turned off more than a second predefined time.

5. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the one or more programs further comprise a first detecting module that detects a reading time of eyes of the user by calculating a time difference between a current system time of the electronic device and the initial time, and determines whether the user keeps looking at the display screen not less than the first predefined time according to the reading time of the eyes.

6. A method being executed by a processor of an electronic device for relieving visual fatigue, comprising:

controlling a visual sensor of the electronic device to capture an image of eyes of a user;

detecting whether the user is looking at a display screen of the electronic device by determining whether the image of the eyes matches an eyes models stored in a storage system of the electronic device;

adjusting a font size of a font displayed on the display screen to a preset font size when the user is looking at the display screen; and

prompting the user to have a rest and control the display screen to turn off when the user has looked at the screen not less than a first predefined time.

7. The method as described in claim 6, further comprising:

determining that the user is looking at the display screen when the image of the eyes matches one of the eyes models.

8. The method as described in claim 6, further comprising:

setting an initial time when the visual sensor determines that the user is looking at the display screen.

9. The method as described in claim 6, further comprising:

turning on the display screen automatically when the screen has been turned off more than a second predefined time.

10. The method as described in claim 7, further comprising

detecting a reading time of eyes of the user by calculating a time difference between a current system time of the electronic device and the initial time;

and

determining whether the user keeps looking at the display screen not less than the first predefined time according to the reading time of the eyes.

11. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for relieving visual fatigue of using the electronic device, the method comprising:

controlling a visual sensor of the electronic device to capture an image of eyes of a user;

detecting whether the user is looking at a display screen of the electronic device by determining whether the image of the eyes matches an eyes models stored in a storage system of the electronic device;

adjusting a font size of a font displayed on the display screen to a preset font size when the user is looking at the display screen; and

prompting the user to have a rest and control the display screen to turn off when the user has looked at the screen not less than a first predefined time.

12. The non-transitory storage medium as described in claim 11, further comprising:

determining that the user is looking at the display screen when the image of the eyes matches one of the eyes models.

13. The non-transitory storage medium as described in claim 11, further comprising:

setting an initial time when the visual sensor determines that the user is looking at the display screen.

14. The non-transitory storage medium as described in claim 11, further comprising:

turning on the screen when the screen has been turned off more than a second predefined time

15. The non-transitory storage medium as described in claim 11, further comprising:

detecting a reading time of eyes of the user by calculating a time difference between a current system time of the electronic device and the initial time; and

determining whether the user keeps looking at the display screen not less than the first predefined time according to the reading time of the eyes