Presentation of data on an at least partially transparent display based on user focus

• US 9,535,497 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2014
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Rose, Amy Leigh, Peterson, Nathan J., Crowe, John Scott, Young, Bryan Loyd, Lee-Baron, Jennifer
• Primary Examiner(s): Pardo, Thuy
• Application Number:
  US14/548,938
• Publication Number:
  US 20160147297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/672, 345/158, 345/174, 116/200, 434/62
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0127 comprising devices increasing the depth of field
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/62 Semi-transparency
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/90 Determination of colour characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

In one aspect, a device includes a processor, at least one at least partially transparent display accessible to the processor, at least one eye sensor accessible to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to present content at a first location on the at least partially transparent display and, based at least in part on data from the eye sensor, determine whether a user is looking one of at least substantially at the first location and past the first location. The instructions are also executable to, in response to a determination that the user is looking past the first location, remove the content from presentation at the first location.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor;

at least one at least partially transparent display accessible to the processor;

at least one eye sensor accessible to the processor; and

storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

present content at a first location on the at least partially transparent display;

based at least in part on data from the eye sensor, determine whether a user is looking one of at least substantially at the first location and past the first location; and

in response to a determination that the user is looking past the first location, remove the content from presentation at the first location.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to:

in response to a determination that the user is looking at least substantially at the first location, continue to present the content at the first location.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the determination that the user is looking past the first location is based at least in part on a focus of at least one of the user'"'"'s eyes.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the determination that the user is looking past the first location is based at least in part on a focal length of the user'"'"'s focus, the focal length identified based at least in part on the data from the eye sensor.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein at least substantially at the first location is at at least a portion of the first location.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein at least substantially at the first location is within a threshold distance of the first location relative to a plane established by the at least partially transparent display.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein at least substantially at the first location is within a threshold depth of the first location.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

in response to the determination that the user is looking past the first location, remove the content from presentation on the at least partially transparent display.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

in response to the determination that the user is looking past the first location, remove the content from presentation at the first location and present at least a portion of the content at a second location on the at least partially transparent display different from the first location.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the first location is an at least substantially central location of the at least partially transparent display relative to the bounds of the at least partially transparent display, and wherein the second location is a location within a threshold distance of at least one of the bounds of the at least partially transparent display.

11. The device of claim 1, comprising a vehicle, wherein a windshield of the vehicle comprises the at least partially transparent display.

12. The device of claim 1, comprising glasses, wherein at least one lens of the glasses comprises the at least partially transparent display.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

based at least in part on execution of eye tracking software using the data from the eye sensor, determine whether the user is looking one of at least substantially at the first location and past the first location.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein the content is selected from the group consisting of:

text, at least one graphic.

15. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

present the content at the first location on the at least partially transparent display and present at least proximate to the first location a selector element selectable to remove the content from presentation at the first location.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the selector element is selectable at least in part based on eye input.

17. A method, comprising:

presenting information on an at least partially transparent display;

determining whether a user is focusing one of on the information and past the information; and

in response to a determination that the user is focusing past the information, removing the information from a direction of the user'"'"'s focus.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the determining whether the user is focusing one of on the information and past the information is based at least partially on data from at least one eye sensor, and wherein the data is also used to determine the direction of the user'"'"'s focus.

19. Glasses, comprising:

a processor;

at least one at least partially transparent lens display accessible to the processor;

at least one eye sensor accessible to the processor; and

storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

present data on the at least one at least partially transparent lens display;

determine whether a wearer of the glasses is focusing one of on the data and elsewhere; and

in response to a determination that the wearer is focusing elsewhere, remove the data from a direction of the wearer'"'"'s focus.

20. The glasses of claim 19, wherein the instructions are executable to:

in response to the determination that the wearer is focusing elsewhere, remove the data from the at least one at least partially transparent lens display on which it is presented; and

in response to a determination that the wearer is focusing on a location of the at least one transparent lens display on which at least a portion of the data was presented prior to removal, present the data.