# US 11,112,866 B2 · Electronic device

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- Number: US 11,112,866 B2
- Document ID: US11112866B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/574,022
- Filed: 2019-09-17
- Published: 2020-02-20
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2015-01-29
- Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation
- Applicants: KYOCERA Corporation
- Inventors: Akiyoshi Noda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11112866B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/013: {Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence)}
- G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt}
- G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)}
- G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)}
- 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
- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence)
- G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
- G01C 21/20: Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence)
- G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

## Abstract

An electronic device according to the present application includes a display and a controller configured to determine a user's gaze position in a display area of the display based on user's gaze movement. In a state where a first image as an object is displayed in the display area, the controller is configured to hide the first image as the object when the gaze position separates from an area of the first image by a predetermined distance in a direction away from the first image as the object.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device, comprising:
a display configured to
allow a user of the electronic device to see a view through the display, and
display an image; and
a controller configured to determine a user's gaze position in a display area of the display, wherein
the controller is configured to
cause the display to display a first image in a state where at least a part of a region of the display area is in a transparent state, and
when the first image is displayed in the display area,
in response to the user's gaze position moving to a first region in the first image, cause the display to display a second image having a display content relating to the first region in the display area without overlapping the first image, and
in response to the user's gaze position moving from the first region to a second region in the first image, the controller is configured to change the display content of the second image to a display content relating to the second region in the display area.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein
in response to the controller determining that the user's gaze position moving in a first direction, the controller is configured to cause the display to display the first image at a side of the first direction in the display area in a state where at least a part of the region of the display area is in the transparent state.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein
in response to the user's gaze position being separated from the first image, the controller is configured to hide the first image.

### Claim 4

A display method, comprising:
displaying a first image on a display in a state where at least a part of a region of a display area of the display is in a transparent state;
determining a user's gaze position in the display area of the display; and
when the first image is displayed in the display area,
in response to the user's gaze position in the display area moving to a first region in the first image, displaying a second image having a display content relating to the first region in the display area overlapping the first image, and
in response to the user's gaze position moving from the first region to a second region in the first image, changing the display content of the second image to a display content relating to the second region in the display area.