COGNITIVE GRAPHICAL CONTROL ELEMENT

• US 20170168703A1
• Filed: 12/15/2015
• Published: 06/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pickover, Clifford A., Feris, Rogerio S., Kozloski, James R., Vukovic, Maja
• Granted Patent: US 10,489,043 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/176 Dynamic expression
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor

Abstract

Information relating to at least one of a user and a user environment is acquired. A user cognitive state is determined based on the acquired information. A graphical control element is automatically configured based on the user cognitive state. The graphical control element is automatically presented on a display interface of a user device to control viewing of content displayed on the user device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising steps of:

acquiring information relating to at least one of a user and a user environment;

determining a user cognitive state based on the acquired information;

automatically configuring a graphical control element based on the user cognitive state; and

automatically presenting the graphical control element on a display interface of a user device to control viewing of content displayed on the user device;

wherein the steps are performed by at least one processor device coupled to a memory implemented in the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user cognitive state comprises at least one of a user cohort, a user emotional state and a user distraction level.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user emotional state comprises at least one of fatigue, frustration, confusion and interest.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is acquired via user input.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring information comprises capturing one or more images of the user by using one or more imaging components on the user device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining the user cognitive state comprises analyzing the one or more images of the user utilizing at least one of a biometric technique, a facial expression analysis technique and a gaze tracking technique.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring information relating to the user environment comprises capturing one or more images of the user environment using one or more image capture components on the user device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring information relating to the user environment comprises capturing one or more audio streams of the user environment using one or more acoustic components on the user device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring information relating to the user environment comprises acquiring user activity level based on at least one of a number of open windows on the user device and a user activity schedule from a calendar using one or more processors implemented in the user device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical control element comprises a scrollbar.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein automatically configuring the graphical control element comprises adjusting at least one of a size, a texture and a color of the scrollbar.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein automatically configuring the graphical control element comprises adjusting a responsivity level of the scrollbar.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein adjusting the responsivity level of the scrollbar comprises changing a viscosity of scrolling based on a risk computation.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is acquired from a database comprising characteristics of one or more cohorts, characteristics of one or more users and historical data associated with the one or more cohorts and one or more users.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising learning the user cognitive state based on at least one of the characteristics and the historical data.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically configuring the graphical control element based on a user context.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising repeating the acquiring step, monitoring the user cognitive state periodically.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising automatically reconfiguring the graphical control element periodically.

19. A device comprising:

a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory and configured to implement the steps of;

acquiring information relating to at least one of a user and a user environment;

determining a user cognitive state based on the acquired information;

automatically configuring a graphical control element based on the user cognitive state; and

automatically presenting the graphical control element on a display interface of a user device to control viewing of content displayed on the user device.

20. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium for storing computer readable program code which, when executed, causes a computer to:

acquire information relating to at least one of a user and a user environment;

determine a user cognitive state based on the acquired information;

automatically configure a graphical control element based on the user cognitive state; and

automatically present the graphical control element on a display interface of a user device to control viewing of content displayed on the user device.