Eye Gaze Resizing Interface Panes

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users find it cumbersome to manually resize graphical interface panes, which requires hand movement between keyboard and mouse, disrupting workflow and usability.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method using eye tracking sensors to dynamically resize interface panes based on the user's gaze, automatically enlarging or reducing the viewing area of the pane being focused on, with timer-based triggering for resizing adjustments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual resizing of panes is implemented, then users can control the viewing area of each pane, but the operation becomes cumbersome and disrupts workflow

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of pane resizingVSAvoidtime for hand movement between keyboard and mouse

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically resizes panes based on detected eye gaze direction, eliminating the need for manual user intervention. The interface serves itself by monitoring user attention and autonomously adjusting pane dimensions, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and time loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical interaction of hand movement with keyboard and mouse with an optical detection system using eye tracking sensors. This substitution eliminates the physical movement requirement and allows pane resizing through gaze-based control, improving ease of operation without time loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Ease of operation

If eye tracking is used to automatically resize panes, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of pane resizingVSAvoidcomplexity of eye tracking system

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The eye tracking sensor system is integrated into existing display devices, allowing the same hardware to serve both display functions and gaze detection functions. This multi-functionality approach reduces overall device complexity while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses software processing and algorithms as an intermediary between the eye tracking sensor data and the pane resizing action. This intermediary layer simplifies the control mechanism by automatically interpreting gaze data and translating it into resizing commands, reducing the perceived complexity for users.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enhances usability by allowing seamless resizing of interface panes without user intervention, improving workflow efficiency and reducing manual interaction demands.

Implementation Method 1

track a user's eye gaze using the eye tracking sensor

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectEye tracking:

Data Source

PatentUS10359844B2Resizing interfaces based on eye gaze

Publication Date: 2019.07.23 LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH

AI summary

Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for resizing interfaces based on eye gaze. A method includes tracking a user's eye gaze using an eye tracking sensor, determining, by a processor, that the user is looking at a pane of a multipane interface based on the user's eye gaze, and dynamically resizing the pane that the user is looking at in response to determining that the user is looking at the pane.