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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Morgan Kolya Venable, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bernard James Kerr, Sausalito, CA (US);
Vaibhav Thukral, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Nister, Bellevue, WA (US);
Morgan Kolya Venable, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bernard James Kerr, Sausalito, CA (US);
Vaibhav Thukral, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Nister, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments that relate to navigating a hierarchy of visual elements are disclosed. In one embodiment a method includes presenting one or more visual elements from a two-dimensional plane via a display device. A home location within a viewable region of the display is established. A proportional size relationship between each element and each of the other elements is established. Using gaze tracking data, a gaze location at which a user is gazing within the viewable region is determined. The gaze location is mapped to a target location, and movement of the target location toward the home location is initiated. As the target location moves closer to the home location, each of the visual elements is progressively enlarged while the proportional size relationship between each of the visual elements and each of the other visual elements is also maintained.