Utilizing biometric feedback to allow users to scroll content into a viewable display area

A system for providing visual content displayed on an electronic device to a motor-impaired user, the system comprising at least one processor configured to:

• determine, for the motor-impaired user, a viewable display area on a display of the electronic device,
• wherein the viewable display area is a fixed area corresponding to a stationary location on the display and wherein the viewable display area is smaller in size than the display;
• determine a baseline state of the motor-impaired user;
• analyze the visual content to divide into multiple sections comprising key objects;
• divide the visual content into the multiple sections;
• determine a content navigation path to scroll the multiple sections of the visual content based on a relevance or prominence of each key object of the key objects;
• automatically scroll the visual content through the viewable display area according to the determined content navigation path;
• obtain biometric data including motor-impaired user data from the motor-impaired user, wherein the biometric data is used by a cognitive control system via the at least one processor to determine a state of the motor-impaired user selected from a plurality of states, the plurality of states corresponding to a stress or interest level of the motor-impaired user, and wherein the biometric data obtained from the motor-impaired user is selected from a group consisting of a heart rate, a tone of voice, and a rate of respiration;
• map, by the cognitive control system via the at least one processor, each state of the plurality of states to one or more control functions;
• select a control function from the one or more control functions based on the determined state of the motor-impaired user;
• and
• adjust, via the selected control function, the scrolling of the visual content outside the viewable display area through the viewable display area on the electronic device to return the determined state of the motor-impaired user to the baseline state, wherein additional biometric data is obtained and processed to determine that the determined state of the motor-impaired user has returned to the baseline state, and wherein the additional biometric data obtained from the motor-impaired user is selected from the group consisting of the heart rate, the tone of voice, and the rate of respiration.

A computer program product for providing visual content displayed on an electronic device to a motor-impaired user, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media collectively having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to:

• determine, for the motor-impaired user, a viewable display area on a display of the electronic device, wherein the viewable display area is a fixed area corresponding to a stationary location on the display and wherein the viewable display area is smaller in size than the display;
• determine a baseline state of the motor-impaired user;
• analyze the visual content to divide into multiple sections comprising key objects;
• divide the visual content into the multiple sections;
• determine a content navigation path to scroll the multiple sections of the visual content based on a relevance or prominence of each key object of the key objects;
• automatically scroll the visual content through the viewable display area according to the determined content navigation path;
• obtain biometric data including motor-impaired user data from the motor-impaired user, wherein the biometric data is used by a cognitive control system via the processor to determine a state of the motor-impaired user selected from a plurality of states, the plurality of states corresponding to a stress or interest level of the motor-impaired user, and wherein the biometric data obtained from the motor-impaired user is selected from a group consisting of a heart rate, a tone of voice, and a rate of respiration;
• map each state of the plurality of states to one or more control functions;
• select a control function from the one or more control functions based on the determined state of the motor-impaired user;
• and
• adjust, via the selected control function, the scrolling of the visual content outside the viewable display area through the viewable display area on the electronic device to return the determined state of the motor-impaired user to the baseline state, wherein additional biometric data is obtained and processed to determine that the determined state of the motor-impaired user has returned to the baseline state, and wherein the additional biometric data obtained from the motor-impaired user is selected from the group consisting of the heart rate, the tone of voice, and the rate of respiration.