Method of operating an electronic device providing a bioeffect image

• US 9,524,703 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2015
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, IL-Nam, Lee, Chang-Hoon, Baek, Jong-In, Ahn, Yi-Joon
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Kimberly A
• Application Number:
  US14/589,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20150356954A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0626 Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/06 using light
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0227 Cooperation and interconnection of the input arrangement with other functional units of a computer G06F3/023 - G06F3/037 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 Biomedical applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method of operating an electronic device includes displaying a first image, extracting a user-interested region from a region including the first image, and displaying a bioeffect image at the user-interested region. The first image and bioeffect image are different images.

Claims

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

displaying a first image;

detecting a plurality of positions designated by an input device during a plurality of frames;

calculating an average position by averaging the positions;

identifying a user-interested region from a region including the first image based on the average position; and

displaying a bioeffect image at the user-interested region, wherein the first image and the bioeffect image are different images, and wherein the bioeffect image is a type which is to induce at least one of a therapeutic effect or a predetermined physiological response of a person.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the input device is a computer mouse, and

each of the positions designated by the input device is a pointer position of the computer mouse.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the input device is a keyboard, and

each of the positions designated by the input device is a cursor position of the keyboard.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the input device is a touchscreen, and

each of the positions designated by the input device is a position of a touch on the touchscreen.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the input device is a pointing device, and

each of the positions designated by the input device is a position pointed by the pointing device.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein identifying the user-interested region includes:

dividing the region including the first image into a plurality of regions; and

identifying one of the regions corresponding to the average position as the user-interested region.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

applying an animation effect to the bioeffect image.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the animation effect includes at least one of an appear effect, a fly-in effect, a float-in effect, a grow effect, a shrink effect, a brightness change effect, or a rotation effect.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bioeffect image is displayed for a duration shorter than a duration perceptible by a user.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bioeffect image is periodically displayed.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of a period of the bioeffect image or a duration of the bioeffect image varies.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bioeffect image includes at least one of a behavior inducing image, a photo-therapy image, a biorhythm control image, or a color weakness compensation image.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bioeffect image is an eye-blink inducing image to induce eye blinking of a user.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

detecting an eye-blink pattern; and

displaying the eye-blink inducing image based on the eye-blink pattern.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

calculating an average eye-blink period based on a detected eye-blink pattern; and

displaying the eye-blink inducing image if the average eye-blink period is longer than a predetermined time.

16. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a first image;

detecting a point of gaze of a user;

identifying a user-interested region from a region including the first image based on the point of gaze; and

displaying a bioeffect image at the user-interested region, wherein the first image and the bioeffect image are different images, and wherein the bioeffect image is a type which is to induce at least one of a therapeutic effect or a predetermined physiological response of a person.

17. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a first image;

identifying a user-interested region from a region including the first image;

calculating an average eye-blink period based on a detected eye-blink pattern; and

displaying an eye-blink inducing image that induces eye blinking of a user at the user-interested region if the average eye-blink period is longer than a first time, the eye-blink inducing image displayed based on a pattern having an average period that decreases at a predetermined rate from the first time to a second time shorter than the first time.