METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTINUOUSLY MAINTAIN USERS EYES FOCUSED ON AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY WHEN EITHER ONE OR BOTH ARE MOVING

• US 20150185855A1
• Filed: 02/19/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Praveen Elak
• Original Assignee: Praveen Elak
• Inventors: Elak, Praveen, Bansal, Aparna Kumar, Banerjee, Shayak, Hong, Ye Jin
• Application Number:
  US14/184,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20150185855A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser

Abstract

The present application relates to a method for continuously moving displayed information on an electronic display device according to the physical movement of a user so as to maintain the focus of the user'"'"'s eyes on the content, and display apparatus thereof. By way of an example, this application will enable reading from an electronic display apparatus while the user and/or the display apparatus is in a dynamic environment, such as, while in a moving vehicle like car, train or bus and/or while working out in a cardiovascular machine like treadmills, elliptical machines, stairmasters, stepmills or stationary bikes.

The method described herein includes continuously detecting the physical movement of the user using either (i) motion sensors attached to the person, or (ii) a camera to continuously capture the image of the user'"'"'s face and/or the image of an identifiable object attached to the user. The movement of the user, and subsequently his eyes, is determined from sensor data or by face recognition or by object detection. Simultaneously, measurement of the movement of the display device is performed using the sensors attached to or inside the display device. This allows determination of the relative movement between the user and the display device, which allows calculation of the amount of movement in the displayed information relative to the user. The displayed information is then moved by the same or relative amount in real time to continuously maintain the focus of the user'"'"'s eyes on the text being read. The experience thereof is equivalent to a user reading in a stationary environment, such as, sitting on a couch and reading.

Claims

1. A sensing apparatus, comprising:

a clip on device attached to the body of the user to generate information on physical movement of the user, or

a front facing camera mounted on the display apparatus to track and generate information on the user'"'"'s physical movement

3. In pursuant to claims 1 and 2, a software-implemented method that moves the text and/or images displayed on or projected by the display apparatus in real time, either through actual or predicted information from claims 1 and/or 2, to compensate for the physical movement of the user and/or the physical movement of the display apparatus

4. Any application or a system thereof that uses sensing apparatus described in claims 1 and/or 2 to detect all 3D motion of a person or/an object, along with the software-implemented method described in claim 3 to compensate for the motion while there is no line of sight

2. A second sensing apparatus, comprising:

a motion sensor attached to or inside the display apparatus to generate information on the physical movement of the display apparatus