E-READING DEVICE PAGE CONTINUITY BOOKMARK INDICIUM AND INVOCATION

• US 20160147298A1
• Filed: 11/25/2014
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kobo Inc (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Kobo Inc (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: FLAWN, Sarah
• Application Number:
  US14/553,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20160147298A1
• 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method and system for page continuity bookmark indicium and invocation on an e-reading device is disclosed. The system utilizes a camera that tracks an eye movement of a user of the e-reading device. In addition a gaze to page portion correlation logic correlates a gaze of the user with a portion of a page presented on the e-reading device. An operation implementation responsive to gaze logic implements a marking of the portion of the page presented on the e-reading device in response to the gaze being removed from the page for a pre-defined time period.

Claims

1. A method for automatically marking a portion of a page of content on an e-reading device for page continuity, the method comprising:

tracking an eye movement of a user of an e-reading device on the page of content on the e-reading device;

determining, via the eye movement tracking, that the user has looked away from the page being read for a pre-defined time period; and

automatically marking a portion of the page presented on the e-reading device, relative to a last eye movement tracking location on the page of content on the e-reading device.

2. The method as recited by claim 1, further comprising:

providing an icon on the page of content indicating that the tracking of the eye movement is enabled.

3. The method as recited by claim 1, wherein the pre-defined time period that the user has looked away from the page is adjustable.

4. The method as recited by claim 1, further comprising:

tracking the eye movement of the user at a word-by-word granularity.

5. The method as recited by claim 1, further comprising:

tracking the eye movement of the user at a line-by-line granularity.

6. The method as recited by claim 1, wherein the automatically marking comprises:

highlighting a next-segment-of-text to be read on the page presented on the e-reading device, after the last eye movement tracking location on the page of content.

7. The method as recited by claim 1, further comprising:

automatically unmarking the portion of the page presented on the e-reading device, when the eye movement tracking determines the marked portion of the page has been viewed.

8. A system for page continuity bookmark indicium and invocation on an e-reading device, the system comprising:

a camera that tracks an eye movement of a user of the e-reading device;

a gaze to page portion correlation logic correlates a gaze of the user with a portion of a page of content presented on the e-reading device; and

an operation implementation responsive to gaze logic implements a marking of the portion of the page of content presented on the e-reading device in response to the gaze being removed from the page of content for a pre-defined time period.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the marking is a highlighting of a next-segment-of-text to be read on the page of content.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the marking is a bolding of a next-segment-of-text to be read on the page of content.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the marking is an illuminating of a next-segment-of-text to be read on the page of content.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the marking of the portion of the page of content remains on the page even if the e-reading device enters a sleep mode.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operation implementation responsive to gaze logic removes the marking of the portion of the page presented on the e-reading device in response to the gaze being returned to the portion of the page.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the camera tracks the eye movement of the user of the e-reading device at a line-by-line granularity.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the camera tracks the eye movement of the user of the e-reading device at a word-by-word granularity.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of a computing device, cause the hardware processor to perform a method for automatically marking a portion of a page of content on an e-reading device for page continuity, the method comprising:

tracking an eye movement of a user of an e-reading device on the page of content on the e-reading device;

determining, via the eye movement tracking, that the user has looked away from the page being read for a pre-defined time period; and

automatically marking a portion of the page presented on the e-reading device, after a last eye movement tracking location on the page of content on the e-reading device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16, wherein the automatically marking comprises:

highlighting a next-segment-of-text to be read on the page presented on the e-reading device, after the last eye movement tracking location on the page of content.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16, further comprising:

automatically unmarking the portion of the page presented on the e-reading device, when the eye movement tracking determines the marked portion of the page has been viewed.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16, further comprising:

tracking the eye movement of the user at a line-by-line granularity.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16, further comprising:

tracking the eye movement of the user at a word-by-word granularity.