Adjusting information depth based on user's attention

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10379697-B2
Application number	US-201715469357-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2017
Priority date	Mar 17, 2014
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

A computing device is described that includes one or more processors and at least one module operable by the processors to output, for display, first information for an event, and, responsive to determining that a user of the computing device has viewed a display device of the computing device for at least a threshold amount of time, output, for display, second information for the event, the second information including information associated with the event and not included in the first information. The module is further operable to, responsive to determining that the user of the computing device has viewed the display device for at least another threshold amount of time greater than the first threshold amount of time, output, for display, third information for the event, the third information including additional information associated with the event and not included in the first information or the second information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
displaying, by a display device of a computerized watch, first information for an event;
adjusting, by the computerized watch and based on a current activity in which a user of the computerized watch is engaged, one or more of a first threshold amount of time or a second threshold amount of time;
determining, based on motion data generated by the computerized watch, that the user of the computerized watch is viewing the display device; and
while the user of the computerized watch is determined to be viewing the display device: responsive to determining that the user of the computerized watch has viewed a
display device for at least the first threshold amount of time, displaying, by the display device, second information for the event, the second information including information associated with the event, wherein at least a portion of the second information is not included in the first information; and
responsive to determining that the user of the computerized watch has viewed the display device for at least the second threshold amount of time that is greater than the first threshold amount of time, displaying, by the display device, third information for the event, wherein at least a portion of the third information is not included in either the first information or the second information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the event is an incoming communication,
the first information includes at least one of an image of a sender of the incoming communication or a graphical representation of a subject of the incoming communication,
the second information includes at least one of an indication of a name of the sender or an indication of a type of the incoming communication, and
the third information includes at least a portion of text of the incoming communication.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least the portion of the text of the incoming communication is generated using speech-to-text processing of an audio message.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information, the second information, and the third information are each output by a fitness-tracking application executed in response to determining that the current activity in which the user of the computerized watch is engaged is a physical activity.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the physical activity is at least one of walking, running, or bicycling, and wherein the first information includes at least one of a current pace of the user, the second information includes at least one of elapsed time, average pace, or distance traveled, and the third information includes at least a map of a route taken by the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the event is a travel event, the first information includes at least one of a graphical representation of a mode of transportation or an indication of an amount of time between a current time and a time at which the user should depart a current location of the computerized watch,
the second information includes departure location information related to the travel event,

and
the third information includes at least one of an indication of an amount of time between the current time and a time at which the travel event is scheduled to commence, and a map with navigation information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event is a third event, the method further comprising:
prior to outputting the first information associated with the third event:
displaying, by the display device, information associated with a first event;
receiving, by the computerized watch, an indication of a first user input detected by a presence-sensitive input device;
displaying, by the display device, information associated with a second event; and
receiving, by the computerized watch, an indication of a second user input detected by the presence-sensitive input device,

wherein displaying the first information for the third event is in response to receiving the indication of the second user input, and
wherein displaying the second information for the third event is in response to determining that at least a third threshold amount of time has elapsed since receiving the indication of the second user input.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting, by one or more motion sensors of the computerized watch, movement of the computerized watch;
in response to detecting the movement, generating, by the one or more motion sensors, the motion data, wherein the motion data is indicative of the movement of the computerized watch.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the user is viewing the display of the computing device further comprises:
capturing, with a camera of the computerized watch, at least one image including a face of the user; and
determining, based on a position of at least one eye of the user in the at least one image and the motion data, that the user is viewing the display device of the computerized watch.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event is one or more of a calendar event, an incoming communication, a system notification, or a current activity of the user.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the computerized watch, that a portion of information for the event includes important information,
wherein the first information for the event includes the important information.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the
the event is a first event from a plurality of events,
each event from the plurality of events is associated with a respective virtual card from a plurality of virtual cards,
the third information for the event is included within a first virtual card form the plurality of virtual cards,
the first information is associate with first level of granularity of information for events, the second information is associated with a second level of granularity of information for events, and the third information is associated with a third level of granularity of information for events, and
the method further comprises:
receiving, by the computerized watch, an indication of first user input to flip to a second virtual card from the plurality of virtual cards, the second virtual card being associated with a second event;
displaying, by the display device, the second virtual card including information for the second event at the third level of granularity;
receiving, by the computerized watch, an indication of second user input to flip to a third virtual card from the plurality of virtual cards, the third virtual card being associated with a third event;
responsive determining, by the computerized watch and based on the first user input and the second user input, that a flip rate exceeds a threshold flip rate, displaying, by the display device, the third virtual card including information for the third event at one of the first level of granularity or the second level of granularity.

13. A computerized watch comprising: one or
one or more processors;
one or more motion sensors that detect movement off the computerized watch and generate, based on the detected movement, motion data;
a display device; and
a computer-readable storage medium that stores at least one module that is operable by the one or more processors to:
output, for display by the display device, first information for an event;
adjust, based on a current activity in which a user of the computerized watch is engaged, one or more of a first threshold amount of time or a second threshold amount of time;
determine, based on the motion data, that a user of the computerized watch is viewing the display device of; and
while

Assignees

• Google Inc
• Google Llc

Inventors

• Petersen Morten Just
• Connolly Emmet
• Duarte Matias Gonzalo
• Faaborg Alexander

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F3/013

  Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence) · CPC title