INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20150070268A1
• Filed: 08/27/2014
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Taguchi, Akinori
• Granted Patent: US 9,377,853 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/113 for determining or recording eye movement
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: identify an end position of a last line of a plurality of lines in an object for reading displayed on a display screen, the object being subjected to determination of whether the object has been finished reading by a user based on detecting movement of a gaze position of the user on a display screen, determine a display position at which movement of the gaze position that is greater than or equal to a given distance from the identified end position is detected, and display a display object at the determined display position on the display screen, the display object being destination of the gaze point after the object has been finished reading.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a memory, and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

identify an end position of a last line of a plurality of lines in an object for reading displayed on a display screen, the object being subjected to determination of whether the object has been finished reading by a user based on detecting movement of a gaze position of the user on a display screen,

determine a display position at which movement of the gaze position that is greater than or equal to a given distance from the identified end position is detected, and

display a display object at the determined display position on the display screen, the display object being destination of the gaze point after the object has been finished reading.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to determine the display position at which the movement of the gaze position that is greater than or equal to the given distance in a direction opposite to a direction in which the object is read is detected.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to determine the display position at which the movement of the gaze position that is greater than or equal to the given distance in a vertical direction with respect to a direction in which the object is read is detected.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to determine the display position at which the movement of the gaze position that is greater than or equal to the given distance in a direction identical to a direction in which the text is read is detected.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to calculate a threshold for the last line, which is used in the determination of whether the object has been finished reading, based on the given distance.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to identify each end position of each last line of each of a plurality of objects for reading displayed on the display screen and subjected to the determination,

wherein the processor is configured to calculate, for each of the plurality of objects, each of a plurality of ranges in which the movement of the gaze position that is greater than or equal to the given distance from the identified each end position is detected, and

wherein the processor is configured to determine the display position in a range in which the calculated plurality of ranges overlap.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the processor is configured to obtain the threshold by correcting the given distance in accordance with at least one of a detection error of the gaze position, a length corresponding to a range that is readable at one time, and a size of the display object.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the processor is configured to perform the determination of whether the object has been finished reading for the last line, by comparing the movement of the gaze position with the calculated threshold.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to determine the display position based on a distance obtained by correcting the given distance in accordance with a detection error of the gaze position.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to perform the determination of whether the object has been finished reading for the last line, based on detecting movement indicating a newline.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the object for reading includes text of a line configuration having the plurality of lines.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display object is to be operated by the user after the object has been finished reading.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display object includes a button for entering that the object has been finished reading.

14. An information processing method, comprising:

identifying an end position of a last line of a plurality of lines in an object for reading displayed on a display screen, the object being subjected to determination of whether the object has been finished reading by a user based on detecting movement of a gaze position of the user on a display screen;

determining, by a processor, a display position at which movement of the gaze position that is greater than or equal to a given distance from the identified end position of the last line is detected; and

displaying a display object at the determined display position on the display screen, the display object being destination of the gaze point after the object has been finished reading.

15. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a procedure, the procedure comprising:

identifying an end position of a last line of a plurality of lines in an object for reading displayed on a display screen, the object being subjected to determination of whether the object has been finished reading by a user based on detecting movement of a gaze position of the user on a display screen;

determining a display position at which movement of the gaze position that is greater than or equal to a given distance from the identified end position of the last line is detected; and

displaying a display object at the determined display position on the display screen, the display object being destination of the gaze point after the object has been finished reading.