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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2013
Inuitive Ltd., Ra'anana, IL;
Ziv Tsoref, Tel Aviv, IL;
INUITIVE LTD., , IL;
Abstract
An electronic device comprising: a display; one or more gaze detection sensors for determining a portion of the display to which a user's gaze is currently directed to; a timer to measure periods of time associated with the user's current gaze at the display; and one or more processors operative to: receive data relating to periods of time measured by the timer and determine therefrom a characteristic rate at which the user shifts his gaze from one portion of the display to another; determine a portion of the display towards which the user's gaze was directed for a period of time longer than a period of time which is expected in accordance with his characteristic rate; identify an object included in the determined portion of the display; retrieve information that relates to the identified object; and enable displaying information which is based on the retrieved information.