Determining errors in forms using eye movement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9563271-B1
Application number	US-201514970800-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 16, 2015
Priority date	Aug 25, 2015
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

Tracking eye movement during the completion of a form on a mobile computing device to determine possible errors and suggest changes to the form. To improve data quality, eye-tracking data is used to determine input fields on a form that cause issues for a user; based on the eye tracking data, suggestions are made to change a response or to modify the form.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving a set of input data respectively corresponding to a set of predefined input fields in a standardized form;
identifying, while receiving the set of input data, a set of eye movements of a user in relation to the standardized form;
correlating the set of eye movements to the set of input data;
storing the set of eye movements with the standardized form as a historical data in a set of historical data;
analyzing the set of eye movements to determine a set of hesitations by the user;
determining a set of possible errors in the set of input data based, at least in part, on:
a comparison of the set of historical data to the set of input data and the set of eye movements, and
the set of hesitations by the user;

informing the user of the set of possible errors; and
suggesting a set of modifications to the standardized form but not the input data based, at least in part, on the set of possible errors;
wherein:
the set of predefined input fields includes at least a radio button; and
the standardized form is on a mobile computing device that includes a camera capable of identifying the set of eye movements.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
a first modification in the set of modifications is a new input field in the standardized form; and
the new input field is a slider.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Ben-Yair Yoav
• Fuchs Gil
• Gordon Itai
• Prager Ilan D

Classifications

• G06F40/174

  Form filling; Merging · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/013 Primary

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

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title