Enhancing accuracy of jumping by incorporating interestingness estimates
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing machine that displays page images, an indication from a user to stop scrolling through a sequence of the page images when the user views a target location of a page image in the sequence in the page images that the user wants to stop based on an interestingness of the target location to the user, wherein the indication corresponds to an actual stopping location of the computing machine in the sequence of page images that is past the target location due to a reaction time of the user and a display speed of the sequence of images;
determining, by the computing machine, an interestingness score of each of the page images within a predetermined range prior to the actual stopping location by comparing one or more other page images proximally located to the page image, the interestingness score based on occurrences of graphical features on the page images and distinction of graphical features on each page from graphics features on the proximally-located one or more other page images;
determining, by the computing machine, the target location based on the display speed of the sequence of images, the user reaction time, and the determined interestingness scores of the page images proximally-located previous to the actual stopping location; and
automatically jumping, by the computing machine, to the target location in order to display to the user the page image at which the user intended to stop.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for enhancing accuracy of jumping by incorporating interestingness estimates. In one embodiment, the method comprises serially displaying a sequence of page images; receiving a user input to stop sequencing through the page images; determining a location of a page image in the sequence of page images representing a point at which the user intended to stop in the sequence of page images but for display speed of the sequence of images and user reaction time in providing an indication of the point at which the user intended to stop, the location being selected based on visual distinctiveness of the page image at the location and the reaction time associated with the user; and automatically jumping back to the page image at the location in the sequence of page images.
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42 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a computing machine that displays page images, an indication from a user to stop scrolling through a sequence of the page images when the user views a target location of a page image in the sequence in the page images that the user wants to stop based on an interestingness of the target location to the user, wherein the indication corresponds to an actual stopping location of the computing machine in the sequence of page images that is past the target location due to a reaction time of the user and a display speed of the sequence of images; determining, by the computing machine, an interestingness score of each of the page images within a predetermined range prior to the actual stopping location by comparing one or more other page images proximally located to the page image, the interestingness score based on occurrences of graphical features on the page images and distinction of graphical features on each page from graphics features on the proximally-located one or more other page images; determining, by the computing machine, the target location based on the display speed of the sequence of images, the user reaction time, and the determined interestingness scores of the page images proximally-located previous to the actual stopping location; and automatically jumping, by the computing machine, to the target location in order to display to the user the page image at which the user intended to stop. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An article of manufacture having one or more recordable media storing instructions thereon which, when executed by a system, causes the system to perform a method comprising:
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receiving an indication from a user to stop scrolling through a sequence of the page images when the user views a target location of a page image in the sequence in the page images that the user wants to stop based on an interestingness of the target location to the user, wherein the indication corresponds to an actual stopping location of a computing machine in the sequence of page images that is past the target location due to a reaction time of the user and a display speed of the sequence of images; determining an interestingness score of each of the page images within a predetermined range prior to the actual stopping location by comparing one or more other page images proximally located to the page image, the interestingness score based on occurrences of graphical features on the page images and distinction of graphical features on each page from graphics features on the proximally-located one or more other page images; determining the target location based on the display speed of the sequence of images, the user reaction time and the determined interestingness scores of the page images proximally-located previous to the actual stopping location; and automatically jumping to the target location in order to display to the user the page image at which the user intended to stop. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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