Determining errors in forms using eye movement

• US 9,658,690 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2016
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Gordon, Itai, Ben-Yair, Yoav, Fuchs, Gil, Prager, Ilan D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lubit, Ryan A
• Application Number:
  US15/339,962
• Publication Number:
  US 20170060236A1
• Time in Patent Office: 203 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/18 Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16

Abstract

Tracking eye movement during the completion of a form on a mobile computing device to determine possible errors and suggest changes to the form. To improve data quality, eye-tracking data is used to determine input fields on a form that cause issues for a user; based on the eye tracking data, suggestions are made to change a response or to modify the form.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon;

first instructions executable by a device to cause the device to receive a set of input data respectively corresponding to a set of predefined input fields in a standardized form;

second instructions executable by the device to cause the device to identify, while receiving the set of input data, a set of eye movements of a user in relation to the standardized form;

third instructions executable by the device to cause the device to correlate the set of eye movements to the set of input data;

fourth instructions executable by the device to cause the device to analyze the set of eye movements to determine a set of hesitations by the user;

fifth instructions executable by the device to cause the device to determine a set of possible errors in the set of input data based, at least in part, on;

a comparison of the set of historical data to the set of input data and the set of eye movements, and

the set of hesitations by the user;

sixth instructions executable by the device to cause the device to inform the user of the set of possible errors; and

seventh instructions executable by the device to cause the device to suggest a set of modifications to the standardized form but not the input data based, at least in part, on the set of possible errors;

wherein;

the set of predefined input fields includes at least a radio button; and

the standardized form is on a mobile computing device that includes a camera capable of identifying the set of eye movements.