Method for Setting the Position of a Cursor on a Display Screen
Disclosed is a method for setting the position of a cursor on a display screen including determining an eye-gaze location on the display screen, receiving a move-intent input, displaying a ghost cursor at the eye-gaze location, receiving a confirmation-intent input, and repositioning the cursor to the eye-gaze location. The move-intent input can be, for example, a button press on an input device such as a mouse and the confirmation-intent input can be, for example releasing the button on the input device. Method can further include fine-tuning the ghost cursor position and hiding the ghost cursor.
1 . A method for setting the position of a cursor on a display screen, the method comprising:
determining an eye-gaze location on the display screen;
receiving a move-intent input;
displaying a ghost cursor at the eye-gaze location;
receiving a confirmation-intent input; and
repositioning the cursor to the eye-gaze location.
2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
updating the eye-gaze location in accordance with a fine-tuning input.
3 . The method of claim 2 further comprising:
updating a position of the ghost cursor in accordance with the fine-tuning input.
4 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
hiding the ghost cursor.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the move-intent input is received from a button on an input device.
6 . The method of claim 5 wherein the eye-gaze location corresponds to a predetermined location.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the confirmation-intent input received from a button on an input device.
8 . The method of claim 1 wherein the move-intent input is generated by pressing a button on an input device and the confirmation-intent input is generated by releasing the button.
9 . The method of claim 7 wherein the input device is one of a mouse or a track pad and the button is a left-button.
10 . The method of claim 7 wherein the input device is one of a mouse or a track pad and the button is a dedicated intent button.
11 . The method of claim 1 wherein the ghost cursor has a different visual appearance than the cursor.
12 . A method for setting the position of a cursor on a display screen, the method comprising:
determining an eye-gaze location on the display screen;
receiving a move-intent input;
displaying a ghost cursor at the eye-gaze location;
updating a position of the ghost cursor in accordance with a fine-tuning input;
receiving a confirmation-intent input;
repositioning the cursor to the eye-gaze location; and
hiding the ghost cursor.
13 . The method of claim 13 wherein the fine-tuning input is received from one of a mouse or a trackpad.
14 . The method of claim 13 wherein the move-intent input is received from a button on an input device.
15 . The method of claim 14 wherein the eye-gaze location corresponds to a predetermined location.
16 . The method of claim 15 wherein the predetermined location is a scroll bar.
17 . The method of claim 13 wherein the confirmation-intent input received from a button on an input device.
18 . The method of claim 13 wherein the move-intent input is generated by pressing a button on an input device and the confirmation-intent input is generated by releasing the button.
19 . A method for setting the position of a cursor on a display screen connected to a computer terminal having a mouse and a camera, the method comprising:
determining an eye-gaze location on the display screen;
determining a move-intent from a button press state on the mouse;
displaying a ghost cursor at the eye-gaze location;
updating a position of the ghost cursor in accordance with a fine-tuning input;
determining a confirmation-intent from the button press state on the mouse;
repositioning the cursor to the position of the ghost cursor; and
hiding the ghost cursor.
The method of claim 19 wherein the determining of the move-intent further includes an eye-gaze location that corresponds to a predetermined location.