Patent ID: 6351273
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G02B,G06F

Abstract:
A method of controlling automatic scrolling of information on a display or a screen by a user comprising:(a) finding a screen gaze position on the display or the screen of the user; (b) determining whether the gaze position is within at least one activated control region comprising: (i) determining whether the gaze position is within a static region defined by at least one of a number of concentric circles, (ii) determining whether the gaze position is within an activated control region defined by another of the number of concentric circles, and (iii) activating scrolling according to the gaze position within the activated control region to provide a desired display of information by scrolling the region at which the gaze of the user is positioned to the center of the display or the screen at a rate that is defined for the concentric circle at which the gaze of the user is positioned.