Method and apparatus for eyetrack-driven text enlargement
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1. A computer controlled method for displaying a portion of some of a plurality of articles to a user of a computer;
- said computer having a display device, and a gaze-tracking device;
said gaze-tracking device determining a gaze position on said display device;
said plurality of articles including a first article;
said computer controlled method comprising the steps of;
(a) displaying said portion of some of said plurality of articles on said display device;
(b) detecting an article-of-interest by determining an intersection between said gaze position and said displayed portion of said first article;
(c) expanding said portion of said article-of-interest resulting in an expanded article-of-interest; and
(d) displaying said expanded article-of-interest.
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Abstract
Apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed that automatically expands the computer displayed information that interests a computer user. Thus making the information easier for the user to see. The computer detects which area on a display device has the user'"'"'s interest by using a gaze-tracking device to monitor where the user looks on the display. After determining which area interests the user the invention expands the display of the information in that area.
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1. A computer controlled method for displaying a portion of some of a plurality of articles to a user of a computer;
- said computer having a display device, and a gaze-tracking device;
said gaze-tracking device determining a gaze position on said display device;
said plurality of articles including a first article;
said computer controlled method comprising the steps of;(a) displaying said portion of some of said plurality of articles on said display device; (b) detecting an article-of-interest by determining an intersection between said gaze position and said displayed portion of said first article; (c) expanding said portion of said article-of-interest resulting in an expanded article-of-interest; and (d) displaying said expanded article-of-interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- said computer having a display device, and a gaze-tracking device;
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10. An information presentation apparatus configured to display a portion of some of a plurality of articles;
- said information presentation apparatus having a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, a display device, and a gaze-tracking device;
said gaze-tracking device capable of determining a gaze position on said display device;
said plurality of articles including a first article;
said information presentation apparatus comprising;a display mechanism configured to display said portion of some of said plurality of articles on said display device; a detection mechanism configured to detect an article-of-interest by determining an intersection between a gaze position and a portion of said first article displayed by said display mechanism on said display device; and an expansion mechanism configured to expand said portion of said article-of-interest resulting in an expanded article-of-interest displayed on said display device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- said information presentation apparatus having a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, a display device, and a gaze-tracking device;
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19. An information presentation system configured to display a portion of some of a plurality of articles;
- said information presentation system having a display device and a gaze-tracking device;
said gaze-tracking device for determining a gaze position on said display device;
. said plurality of articles including a first article;
said information presentation system comprising;a display mechanism configured to display said portion of some of said plurality of articles on said display device; a detection mechanism configured to detect an article-of-interest by determining an intersection between a gaze position and a portion of said first article displayed by said display mechanism on said display device; and an expansion mechanism configured to expand said portion of said article-of-interest resulting in an expanded article-of-interest displayed on said display device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
- said information presentation system having a display device and a gaze-tracking device;
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28. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable storage medium having computer readable code embodied therein for causing a computer to display a portion of some of a plurality of articles on a display device;
said plurality of articles including a first article;
said computer readable code comprising;computer readable code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a gaze position determination mechanism configured to determine a gaze position from gaze coordinates returned from a gaze-tracking device; computer readable code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a display mechanism configured to display said portion of some of said plurality of articles on said display device; computer readable code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a detection mechanism configured to detect an article-of-interest by determining an intersection between said gaze position and said portion of said first article displayed by said display mechanism on said display device; and computer readable code devices configured to cause said computer to effect an expansion mechanism configured to expand said portion of said article-of-interest resulting in an expanded article-of-interest displayed on said display device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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