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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Steven Osman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jorge Arroyo Palacios, Livermore, CA (US);
Tooba Ahsen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method, and system for controlling a computer program are disclosed. One or more images are presented on a display device in response to execution of the computer program on a computing device. Gaze tracking information corresponding to a location of a user's gaze with respect to the one or more images presented on the display device is collected over time. The gaze tracking information over time is analyzed to detect a pattern of the user's gaze characteristic of reading and upon detecting the pattern of the user's gaze characteristics of reading, a reading control mode is activated. In the reading control mode location and duration of the user's gaze triggers commands affecting execution of the computer program.