Method of operating an electronic device providing a bioeffect image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9524703-B2
Application number	US-201514589035-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 5, 2015
Priority date	Jun 10, 2014
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A method of operating an electronic device includes displaying a first image, extracting a user-interested region from a region including the first image, and displaying a bioeffect image at the user-interested region. The first image and bioeffect image are different images.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a first image;
detecting a plurality of positions designated by an input device during a plurality of frames;
calculating an average position by averaging the positions;
identifying a user-interested region from a region including the first image based on the average position; and
displaying a bioeffect image at the user-interested region, wherein the first image and the bioeffect image are different images, and wherein the bioeffect image is a type which is to induce at least one of a therapeutic effect or a predetermined physiological response of a person.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the input device is a computer mouse, and
each of the positions designated by the input device is a pointer position of the computer mouse.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the input device is a keyboard, and
each of the positions designated by the input device is a cursor position of the keyboard.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the input device is a touchscreen, and
each of the positions designated by the input device is a position of a touch on the touchscreen.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the input device is a pointing device, and
each of the positions designated by the input device is a position pointed by the pointing device.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein identifying the user-interested region includes:
dividing the region including the first image into a plurality of regions; and
identifying one of the regions corresponding to the average position as the user-interested region.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
applying an animation effect to the bioeffect image.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the animation effect includes at least one of an appear effect, a fly-in effect, a float-in effect, a grow effect, a shrink effect, a brightness change effect, or a rotation effect.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bioeffect image is displayed for a duration shorter than a duration perceptible by a user.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bioeffect image is periodically displayed.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of a period of the bioeffect image or a duration of the bioeffect image varies.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bioeffect image includes at least one of a behavior inducing image, a photo-therapy image, a biorhythm control image, or a color weakness compensation image.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bioeffect image is an eye-blink inducing image to induce eye blinking of a user.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising:
detecting an eye-blink pattern; and
displaying the eye-blink inducing image based on the eye-blink pattern.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising:
calculating an average eye-blink period based on a detected eye-blink pattern; and
displaying the eye-blink inducing image if the average eye-blink period is longer than a predetermined time.

16. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a first image;
detecting a point of gaze of a user;
identifying a user-interested region from a region including the first image based on the point of gaze; and
displaying a bioeffect image at the user-interested region, wherein the first image and the bioeffect image are different images, and wherein the bioeffect image is a type which is to induce at least one of a therapeutic effect or a predetermined physiological response of a person.

17. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a first image;
identifying a user-interested region from a region including the first image;
calculating an average eye-blink period based on a detected eye-blink pattern; and
displaying an eye-blink inducing image that induces eye blinking of a user at the user-interested region if the average eye-blink period is longer than a first time, the eye-blink inducing image displayed based on a pattern having an average period that decreases at a predetermined rate from the first time to a second time shorter than the first time.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Chang-Hoon
• Kim Il-Nam
• Baek Jong-In
• Ahn Yi-Joon

Classifications

• G06F19/3406

  Physics · mapped topic

• G09G2380/08

  Biomedical applications · CPC title

• G06F3/013

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

• G09G5/377 Primary

  for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns (G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06T13/80

  Two-dimensional [2D] animation, e.g. using sprites · CPC title