METHOD FOR PROCESSING INPUT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20150261295A1
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Don-Young
• Granted Patent: US 9,817,475 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method includes detecting a movement of an eye pupil in an eye tracking mode, moving an indicator on the screen according to the movement of the eye pupil, detecting a touch on a touch area, and in response to detecting the touch on the touch area, selecting an object on which the indicator is located, among the plurality of the objects on the screen. An electronic device includes a display configured to display displaying a plurality of objects on a screen, and a processor configured to detect a movement of an eye pupil through a camera in an eye tracking mode, move an indicator on the screen according to the movement of the eye pupil, detect a touch on the electronic device, and in response to detecting the touch, select an object on which the indicator is located, among the plurality of the objects on the screen.

Claims

1. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of objects on a screen;

detecting a movement of an eye pupil through a camera in an eye tracking mode;

moving an indicator on the screen according to the movement of the eye pupil;

detecting a touch on a touch area; and

in response to detecting the touch on the touch area, selecting an object on which the indicator is located, among the plurality of the objects on the screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch is detected on a predetermined area of the screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicator comprises at least one of a pointer, and an identifier.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch area locates in a lower portion of the screen.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch area is an area other than the indicator.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch area is configurable on the display.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the touch is one of a single touch and a touch drag.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicator belongs to a first layer and the touch area belongs to a second different from the first layer.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the touch area locates a back side of the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch is handled not as a touch of a position at which the detected touch occurs but as a touch of the specific position.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a display configured to display displaying a plurality of objects on a screen; and

a processor configured to;

detect a movement of an eye pupil through a camera in an eye tracking mode;

move an indicator on the screen according to the movement of the eye pupil;

detect a touch on the electronic device; and

in response to detecting the touch, select an object on which the indicator is located, among the plurality of the objects on the screen.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the touch is detected on a predetermined area of the screen.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the indicator comprises at least one of a pointer, and an identifier.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the touch area locates in a lower portion of the screen.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the touch area is an area other than the indicator.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the touch area is configurable on the display.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the touch is one of a single touch and a touch drag.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the indicator belongs to a first layer and the touch area belongs to a second different from the first layer.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising:

the touch area locates a back side of the electronic device.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the touch is handled not as a touch of a position at which the detected touch occurs but as a touch of the specific position.