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Systems and methods of eye tracking control

  • US 9,829,971 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2014
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving a user touch input at a computing device;

    while continuing to receive the user touch input;

    periodically determining, by a processor and at a plurality of time instances while the user touch input is being continuously received, point of regard information associated with a user of the computing device, the point of regard information comprising a plurality of point of regard measurements obtained during the plurality of time instances and indicating a location on a display of the computing device at which the user is looking during continuous reception of the user touch input; and

    activating, in response to the user touch input, an eye control mode at the computing device, the eye control mode providing a plurality of display objects on the display while the user touch input is being received, each display object positioned at a different location within the display and associated with a respective operation capable of being performed based on a point of regard measurement of the plurality of point of regard measurements obtained at a time when the receipt of the user touch input has terminated;

    determining whether receipt of the user touch input has terminated; and

    performing an operation associated with a display object of the plurality of display objects identified by the point of regard at a moment the user touch input selecting the display object has terminated.

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