Systems and methods of eye tracking control
Methods and systems to facilitate eye tracking control are provided. A user input is received at a computing device. Point of regard information associated with a user of the computing device is determined while the user input is being received. The point of regard information indicates a location on a display of the computing device at which the user is looking. An operation associated with a display object identified based on the point of regard information is performed when receipt of the user input is determined to have terminated.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a user touch input at a computing device;
while continuing to receive the user touch input:
periodically determining, by a processor and at a plurality of time instances while the user touch input is being continuously received, point of regard information associated with a user of the computing device, the point of regard information comprising a plurality of point of regard measurements obtained during the plurality of time instances and indicating a location on a display of the computing device at which the user is looking during continuous reception of the user touch input; and
activating, in response to the user touch input, an eye control mode at the computing device, the eye control mode providing a plurality of display objects on the display while the user touch input is being received, each display object positioned at a different location within the display and associated with a respective operation capable of being performed based on a point of regard measurement of the plurality of point of regard measurements obtained at a time when the receipt of the user touch input has terminated;
determining whether receipt of the user touch input has terminated; and
performing an operation associated with a display object of the plurality of display objects identified by the point of regard at a moment the user touch input selecting the display object has terminated.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user touch input is any one of a touch sensor input, a push button input, a mouse input, a keyboard input, or a biometric signal input.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation associated with the display object includes moving or selecting the display object.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation associated with the display object includes launching an application.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
terminating the eye control mode when the receipt of the user touch input has terminated.
6. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a user touch input at a computing device;
while continuing to receive the user touch input:
periodically determining, by the one or more processors and at a plurality of time instances while the user touch input is being continuously received, point of regard information associated with a user of the computing device, the point of regard information comprising a plurality of point of regard measurements obtained during the plurality of time instances and indicating a location on a display of the computing device at which the user is looking during continuous reception of the user touch input; and
activating, in response to the user touch input, an eye control mode at the computing device, the eye control mode providing a plurality of display objects on the display while the user touch input is being received, each display object positioned at a different location within the display and associated with a respective operation capable of being performed based on a point of regard measurement of the plurality of point of regard measurements obtained at a time when the receipt of the user touch input has terminated;
determining whether receipt of the user touch input has terminated; and
performing an operation associated with a display object of the plurality of display objects identified by the point of regard at a moment the user touch input selecting the display object has terminated.
7. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the user touch input is any one of a touch sensor input, a push button input, a mouse input, a keyboard input, or a biometric signal input.
8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the operation associated with the display object includes moving or selecting the display object.
9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the operation associated with the display object includes launching an application.
10. A computing device, comprising:
a memory having instructions embodied thereon;
one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving a user touch input at the computing device;
while continuing to receive the user touch input:
periodically determining at a plurality of time instances while the user touch input is being continuously received, point of regard information associated with a user of the computing device, the point of regard information comprising a plurality of point of regard measurements obtained during the plurality of time instances and indicating a location on a display of the computing device at which the user is looking during continuous reception of the user touch input; and
activating, in response to the user touch input, an eye control mode at the computing device, the eye control mode providing a plurality of display objects on the display while the user touch input is being received, each display object positioned at a different location within the display and associated with a respective operation capable of being performed based on a point of regard measurement of the plurality of point of regard measurements obtained at a time when the receipt of the user touch input has terminated;
determining whether receipt of the user touch input has terminated; and
performing an operation associated with a display object of the plurality of display objects identified by the point of regard at a moment the user touch input selecting the display object has terminated.
11. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the user touch input is any one of a touch sensor input, a push button input, a mouse input, a keyboard input, or a biometric signal input.
12. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the operation associated with the display object includes moving or selecting the display object.
13. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the operation associated with the display object includes launching an application.
14. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise terminating the eye control mode when the receipt of the user touch input has terminated.