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US 9,430,041 B2Granted
Method of controlling at least one function of device by using eye action and device for performing the method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang-won Leigh, Kyung-hwa Yu, Jun-seok Lee, Jin-yong Chung, Sung-goo Cho
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Abstract
A method of controlling a device by an eye action is provided. The method includes selecting a controller to execute a control command generated by the eye action of a user, obtaining data about the eye action of the user, detecting the control command corresponding to the eye action of the user based on the obtained data, and executing the detected control command by using the selected controller.
Claims14
A method of controlling at least one function of a device by using an eye action, the method comprising:
- generating a controller based on a modification via an editing window mapping an eye action of a user to a predetermined control commands;
- selecting the controller based on a user's input or an automatic control by software to execute a control command generated by the eye action of the user;
- obtaining data about the eye action of the user;
- detecting the control command corresponding to the eye action of the user based on the obtained data;
- and
- executing the detected control command by using the selected controller.
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A device comprising:
- a processing unit configured to generate a controller based on a modification via an editing window mapping an eye action of a user to a predetermined control command;
- a selecting unit configured to select the controller based on the user's input or an automatic control by a software configured to execute a control command that is generated by the eye action of the user;
- an obtaining unit configured to obtain data about the eye action of the user;
- and
- a detecting unit configured to detect the control command corresponding to the eye action of the user based on the obtained data,
- wherein the processing unit is further configured to execute the detected control command by using the selected controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.