Eye tracking enabled smart closed captioning
First Claim
1. A system for controlling closed captioning, comprising:
- a display device;
a closed captioning controller; and
an eye tracking device configured to detect a location of a user'"'"'s gaze relative to the display device, and send the location to the closed captioning controller;
wherein the closed captioning controller is configured to recognize a predetermined gaze pattern of the user'"'"'s gaze and, upon detecting the predetermined gaze pattern, partially or completely deemphasize the display of the closed captioning text;
wherein the closed captioning controller is further configured to;
detect the user'"'"'s gaze upon a region in which a character is displayed on the display device;
detect a swipe down eye gaze gesture in which the user'"'"'s gaze is detected as moving from the region in which the character is displayed to a region below the character that is outside a predetermined closed captioning display region in which the closed captioning text is displayed; and
in response to detecting the swipe down eye gaze gesture, display closed captioning text corresponding to words spoken by the character.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling closed captioning using an eye tracking device are provided. The system for controlling closed captioning may comprise a display device, a closed captioning controller configured to display closed captioning text for a media item during playback on the display device, and an eye tracking device configured to detect a location of a user'"'"'s gaze relative to the display device and send the location to the closed captioning controller. The closed captioning controller may be configured to recognize a predetermined gaze pattern of the user'"'"'s gaze and, upon detecting the predetermined gaze pattern, partially or completely deemphasize the display of the closed captioning text.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for controlling closed captioning, comprising:
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a display device; a closed captioning controller; and an eye tracking device configured to detect a location of a user'"'"'s gaze relative to the display device, and send the location to the closed captioning controller; wherein the closed captioning controller is configured to recognize a predetermined gaze pattern of the user'"'"'s gaze and, upon detecting the predetermined gaze pattern, partially or completely deemphasize the display of the closed captioning text; wherein the closed captioning controller is further configured to; detect the user'"'"'s gaze upon a region in which a character is displayed on the display device; detect a swipe down eye gaze gesture in which the user'"'"'s gaze is detected as moving from the region in which the character is displayed to a region below the character that is outside a predetermined closed captioning display region in which the closed captioning text is displayed; and in response to detecting the swipe down eye gaze gesture, display closed captioning text corresponding to words spoken by the character. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for controlling closed captioning, comprising:
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detecting a location of a user'"'"'s gaze relative to the display device; recognizing a predetermined gaze pattern of the user'"'"'s gaze; upon detecting the predetermined gaze pattern, partially or completely deemphasizing the display of the closed captioning text; detecting the user'"'"'s gaze upon a region in which a character is displayed on the display; detecting a swipe down eye gaze gesture in which the user'"'"'s gaze is detected as moving from the region in which the character is displayed to a region below the character that is outside a predetermined closed captioning display region in which the closed captioning text is displayed; and in response to detecting the swipe down eye gaze gesture, displaying closed captioning text corresponding to words spoken by the character in the predetermined closed captioning display region on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for controlling closed captioning, comprising:
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detecting a location of a user'"'"'s gaze relative to the display device; detecting the user'"'"'s gaze upon a region in which a character is displayed on the display device; detecting a swipe down eye gaze gesture in which the user'"'"'s gaze is detected as moving from the region in which the character is displayed to a region below the character that is outside a predetermined closed captioning display region in which the closed captioning text is displayed; and in response to detecting the swipe down eye gaze gesture, displaying closed captioning text corresponding to words spoken by the character in the predetermined closed captioning display region on the display device.
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