Patent ID: 8937591
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: tracking a point of gaze on a display of a graphical user interface (GUI) using an eye tracking apparatus; rendering a movable indicator at a gaze position associated with the point of gaze within the GUI; detecting that the point of gaze has been fixed at a region of interest for a specified amount of time that corresponds to an amount of time during which perceptual fading of the moveable indicator is estimated to have occurred; and in response to detecting that the point of gaze has been fixed at the region of interest for the specified amount of time, and while the point of gaze is still fixed at the region of interest, displaying continuous movement of the movable indicator from the gaze position to a new position within a predefined boundary that corresponds to a subregion of the user interface around the gaze position.