SIGHT LINE INPUT DEVICE, SIGHT LINE INPUT METHOD, SIGHT LINE INPUT PROGRAM AND SIGHT LINE INPUT SYSTEM

• Main Author: YOSHIFUJI KENTARO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 12.12.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

To reduce a burden on a user at the time of sight line input.SOLUTION: A sight line input device 1 according to one embodiment comprises: a sight line specification unit 111 for specifying a sight line of a user; a reference setting unit 113 for causing a storage unit to store the sight line specified by the sight line specification unit 111 when a user is looking at a reference position in a display unit fixed to a head of the user, as a reference sight line; a display control unit 112 for causing the display unit to display a partial area of the whole area showing a plurality of input elements which can be input and also changing a partial area of the whole area on the basis of a relation between the reference sight line and the sight line specified by the sight line specification unit 111; and an input acceptance unit 114 for accepting input of an input element positioned in a predetermined area which includes the reference position in the partial area.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】視線入力を行う際のユーザの負担を軽減できるようにする。【解決手段】本発明の一実施形態に係る視線入力装置１は、ユーザの視線を特定する視線特定部１１１と、ユーザがユーザの頭部に固定された表示部中の基準位置を見ている際に視線特定部１１１が特定した視線を、基準視線として記憶部に記憶させる基準設定部１１３と、入力可能な複数の入力要素を表す全体の領域のうち一部の領域を表示部に表示させるとともに、基準視線と視線特定部１１１が特定した視線との間の関係に基づいて、全体の領域の中で一部の領域を変更する表示制御部１１２と、一部の領域内の基準位置を含む所定領域に位置する入力要素の入力を受け付ける入力受付部１１４と、を有する。【選択図】図２