Patent ID: 9552060
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An electronic system, comprising: a display; and one or more processors configured to detect that an end user of the electronic system has gazed at a selectable object displayed on the display for a first period of time and detect that the end user has performed a particular head movement while gazing at the selectable object, the selectable object comprises a virtual object, the one or more processors configured determine that the end user has gazed at the virtual object for the first period of time and subsequently to detect at least two vestibulo-ocular reflexes during the particular head movement, the one or more processors configured to determine a selection of the selectable object in response to detecting the at least two vestibulo-ocular reflexes during the particular head movement, the at least two vestibulo-ocular reflexes includes a first vestibulo-ocular reflex that occurs during a first portion of the particular head movement and a second vestibulo-ocular reflex that occurs during a second portion of the particular head movement, the first portion of the particular head movement corresponds with the end user moving their head in a first direction and the second portion of the particular head movement corresponds with the end user moving their head in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, the one or more processors configured to determine a size of the selectable object and determine the first period of time based on the size of the selectable object.