Reading Focus Card Customizable Inserts Eye Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals of all ages face difficulties in focusing on blocks of text, particularly in promoting left-to-right eye-tracking motion, and existing accommodations like line-marker cards do not effectively address this issue on automated devices like computers, which can be costly and stigmatizing.
Innovation Solution
A reading focus card system comprising a front and rear sheet with a transparent plastic insert, allowing users to customize color and opacity, and a software tool for automated devices that positions a rectangular window and notch area over text, enabling users to control movement and settings for optimal reading focus.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a reading focus card with fixed transparent insert is used, then the structure is simple and inexpensive, but the user cannot customize colors and opacity to suit different reading preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The reading focus card is divided into separable components: a front sheet, a rear sheet, and multiple interchangeable transparent plastic inserts. This segmentation allows users to swap inserts with different colors and opacity levels without replacing the entire card, thereby achieving customizability while maintaining structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The card structure is designed to accommodate multiple types of transparent plastic inserts that can be interchanged. The universal slot design allows a single card body to support various inserts with different optical properties (colors, opacity levels), making the system multi-functional and adaptable to different user preferences.
2Ease of operation
If traditional line-marker cards are used, then the cost is low, but they do not promote left-to-right eye-tracking motion and are not effective for reading on automated devices
Solution Approach 1:
The reading focus card extends beyond the traditional single-plane line-marker by adding a third dimension with the transparent plastic insert that can be positioned at various depths. This dimensional addition creates a focal window that actively guides eye movement from left to right, addressing the eye-tracking limitation of flat line-markers while maintaining compatibility with both printed and digital materials.
3Reliability
If medical treatment and diagnosis are pursued for reading difficulties, then professional evaluation is obtained, but the process is costly, time-consuming, and stigmatizing
Solution Approach 1:
The reading focus card enables self-service intervention by allowing individuals to independently try out different transparent inserts with varying colors and opacity levels to determine what works best for their reading needs. This self-directed approach eliminates the need for professional diagnosis and treatment scheduling, reducing time loss and stigma while maintaining the potential for effective reading improvement.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus are provided for displaying a plurality of alphanumeric characters on a display device that is connected to an automated device having a processor, a memory, and an input device. The automated device executes a plurality of instructions that configure the processor to provide a reading focus tool on the display device. The reading focus tool includes a first section and a rectangular window within the first section and a notch section. The reading focus tool overlays the plurality of alphanumeric characters and aligns at least one line of alphanumeric characters within at least one of the rectangular window and the notch section. Further, a user is enabled to move the reading focus tool to a selection of alphanumeric characters to be read.