Method for operating user functions based on eye tracking and mobile device adapted thereto
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyungdae PARK, Jiyoung KANG, Sanghyuk KOH, Mijung PARK, Saegee OH, Chihoon LEE
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Abstract
An eye tracking based user function controlling method and a mobile device adapted thereto are provided. A camera unit of a mobile device is activated while a specific user function is executed. A gaze angle of a user's eye is acquired from an image obtained via the camera unit. An eye tracking function is executed in which execution state is controlled according to the gaze angle.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- identifying, at an electronic device, a direction of a user's body part facing toward a display of the electronic device;
- determining a time period for which the direction of the user's body part is maintained;
- executing a first function based at least in part on a determination that the time period satisfies a specified time period;
- and
- executing a second function based at least in part on a determination that the time period does not satisfy the specified time period.
An apparatus comprising:
- a camera unit;
- a display;
- and
- a controller operatively coupled with the camera unit, the controller configured to:
- identify a direction of a user's body part facing toward the display;
- determine a time period for which the direction of the user's body part is maintained;
- execute a first function based at least in part on a determination that the time period satisfies a specified time period;
- and
- execute a second function based at least in part on a determination that the time period does not satisfy the specified time period.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- identifying, at an electronic device, a direction of a user's body part facing toward a display of the electronic device;
- determining a time period for which the direction of the user's body part is maintained;
- executing a first function based at least in part on a determination that the time period satisfies a specified time period;
- and
- executing a second function based at least in part on a determination that the time period does not satisfy the specified time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.