Electronic device and method for controlling display
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJung-Hoon PARK
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an electronic device and method for controlling a display by eye tracking. The method for controlling a display by eye tracking according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: tracking of line of sight of eyes; displaying, on a screen, a user interface for controlling the screen using the tracked line of sight; and executing a function selected in response to a selection of any menu item of the user interface by the tracked line of sight.
Claims26
A method of capturing an image by an electronic device, the method comprising:
- measuring ambient brightness;
- making a light source emit light by controlling at least one of a brightness strength of the light source and an exposure time of the light source in order to capture an image according to the measured ambient brightness;
- generating a plurality of frames corresponding to the capturing of the image through the emitted light source;
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- selecting at least one frame from the plurality of generated frames.
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An electronic device for capturing an image, the electronic device comprising:
- a light emitting unit comprising at least one light emitting element that makes a light source emit light;
- a camera unit that captures an image through the emitted light source;
- a detection unit that measures ambient brightness to capture the image;
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- a controller that makes the light source emit light by controlling at least one of a brightness strength of the light source and an exposure time of the light source to capture the image according to the measured ambient brightness, generates a plurality of frames corresponding to the capturing of the image through the emitted light source, and selects at least one frame from the plurality of generated frames.
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A method of controlling a display by tracking the point of gaze, the method comprising:
- tracking the point of eye gaze;
- displaying a user interface for controlling a screen based on the tracked point of gaze on the screen;
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- executing a selected function according to selection of a predetermined menu on the user interface based on the tracked point of gaze.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.