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US 10,540,009 B2Granted
Wearable device, control method, and control program
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsTomohiro Sudou, Daisuke Ibuki, Shingo Ito
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Abstract
As one of aspects of the present invention, a wearable device includes a display having a display area virtually divided into a first area and a second area. When a user's gaze position moves from the first area to the second area while an object corresponding to a predetermined function is displayed within the first area, the predetermined function is executed. The wearable device further includes a controller for detecting a user's gaze position with respect to the display and a user's gaze movement in the display.
Claims19
A wearable device comprising:
- a display having a display area virtually divided into a first area provided at an end of the display and a second area provided at a center of the display;
- an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image in front of a user;
- and
- a controller configured to
- detect a user's gaze position with respect to the display and a user's gaze movement in the display, and
- in response to the user's gaze position moving from the first area to the second area while an object corresponding to a predetermined function is displayed within the first area, execute the predetermined function, wherein
- the controller is configured to
- set the first area and the second area,
- select, in response to the gaze position being detected within the first area while an object corresponding to the predetermined function is displayed within the first area, the object based on the detected gaze position, and
- execute the predetermined function in response to the gaze movement from the first area to the second area being detected while the object is selected, and
- when an external subject is detected from the image, the controller is configured to determine whether the detected external subject is present at a position visually recognizable by the user via the first area, and change the display position of the object appearing in the first area when the external subject is present at the position visually recognizable by the user via the first area as a result of the determination.
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A control method executed by a wearable device including a display in which virtually divided first area and second area are set, the control method comprising:
- detecting a user's gaze position with respect to the display and a user's gaze movement in the display;
- setting the first area and the second area;
- selecting, in response to the gaze position being detected within the first area while an object corresponding to a predetermined function is displayed within the first area, the object based on the detected gaze position;
- executing a predetermined function in response to the gaze movement from the first area to the second area being detected while the object is selected;
- acquiring an image in front of a user;
- determining, when an external subject is detected from the image, whether the detected external subject is present at a position visually recognizable by the user via the first area;
- and
- changing the display position of the object appearing in the first area when the external subject is present at the position visually recognizable by the user via the first area as a result of the determination.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing thereon a control program for causing a wearable device including a display in which virtually divided first area and second area are set to execute:
- detecting a user's gaze position with respect to the display and a user's gaze movement in the display;
- setting the first area and the second area;
- selecting, in response to the gaze position being detected within the first area while an object corresponding to a predetermined function is displayed within the first area, the object based on the detected gaze position;
- executing a predetermined function when the gaze movement from the first area to the second area being detected while the object is selected;
- acquiring an image in front of a user;
- determining, when an external subject is detected from the image, whether the detected external subject is present at a position visually recognizable by the user via the first area;
- and
- changing the display position of the object appearing in the first area when the external subject is present at the position visually recognizable by the user via the first area as a result of the determination.
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A wearable device comprising:
- a display having a display area virtually divided into a first area provided at an end of the display and a second area provided at a center of the display;
- and
- a controller configured to
- detect a user's gaze position with respect to the display and a user's gaze movement in the display, and
- in response to the user's gaze position moving from the first area to the second area while an object corresponding to a predetermined function is displayed within the first area, execute the predetermined function, wherein
- the controller is configured to
- set the first area and the second area,
- select, in response to the gaze position being detected within the first area while an object corresponding to the predetermined function is displayed within the first area, the object based on the detected gaze position, and
- execute the predetermined function in response to the gaze movement from the first area to the second area being detected while the object is selected,
- the controller is configured to
- not cause an image indicating the user's gaze position to be displayed in the first area and the second are when detecting the user's gaze position in the second area, and
- cause the image indicating the user's gaze position to be displayed only in the first area when detecting the user's gaze position in the second area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.