Eye Gaze Workspace Configuration for Multi-Display Productivity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face productivity barriers due to the time-consuming process of configuring workspace settings when switching between different contexts or workspace configurations, particularly when adjusting window positions across multiple displays.
Innovation Solution
An eye gaze and head pose tracking system determines vectors from the user's eye to multiple displays, allowing for the automatic determination of display physical dimensions and locations, and identifies when the user is looking at non-display spaces, enabling adaptive workspace configuration adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual configuration of workspace settings is used when switching between contexts, then user control over display arrangement is maintained, but time consumption and productivity loss increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically capturing and storing workspace configuration data (display arrangements, window positions) before context switching occurs. When the user switches contexts, the system has already prepared the alternative configuration, enabling instant restoration without manual reconfiguration during the transition.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service by automatically detecting display configurations, tracking window positions, and restoring workspace arrangements without requiring user intervention. The multi-display configuration system autonomously manages the complexity of coordinating multiple displays, eliminating the need for users to manually reconfigure each display when switching contexts.
2Loss of time
If automatic workspace configuration restoration is implemented, then time consumption is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary component that acts as a configuration manager, storing workspace arrangement data and mediating between the user's context switching actions and the display/window configuration restoration. This intermediary layer handles the complexity of tracking multiple displays and window positions, shielding users from the underlying system complexity while enabling automatic restoration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses copying by creating digital representations of physical workspace configurations (display arrangements, window positions) and storing them as configurable data. These copies can be instantly restored when contexts switch, avoiding the need for complex real-time detection and adjustment mechanisms while achieving automatic configuration restoration.
3Measurement precision
If multi-display configuration tracking is implemented, then workspace configuration accuracy is improved, but measurement and detection difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies segmentation by dividing the multi-display configuration tracking into separate, manageable components: individual display position detection, individual window position tracking, and coordination logic. Each display and window can be detected and configured independently, then combined to form the complete workspace configuration, reducing the overall detection complexity while maintaining accuracy.
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
This solution enhances user productivity by automating the configuration of workspace settings, reducing the time spent on reconfiguring displays and improving efficiency when switching between contexts, thereby optimizing user interaction with information handling systems.
Implementation Method 1
receive first reflections of light emissions off an eye of a user
Data Source
AI summary
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may: determine, based at least on first reflections of light emissions off an eye of a user, first multiple vectors from the eye of the user to a first display of multiple displays of a workspace configuration;determine, based at least on second reflections of light emissions off the eye of the user, second multiple vectors from the eye of the user to a second display of the multiple displays; determine physical dimensions of the first display based at least on the first multiple vectors; determine physical dimensions of the second display based at least on the second multiple vectors; determine a physical location of the first display based at least on the first multiple vectors; and determine a physical location of the second display based at least on the second multiple vectors.