US 12,032,736 B2
Gaze based text manipulation
Kenta Watanabe, Soka (JP); Hiroaki Uetsuki, Machida (JP); Masahito Sugita, Soka (JP); and Taihei Miyamoto, Nakano (JP)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/678,417.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266817 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 3/013 (2013.01) [G06F 40/166 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method comprising:
capturing an image of a user's field of view via a head mounted user device, wherein the image includes a first display of a first additional device;
identifying a section of the first display depicted in the captured image corresponding to the user's initial gaze;
identifying a string of text within the identified section of the first display of the first additional device;
detecting a shift in the user's gaze from the identified section on the first display to an area on a second display corresponding to a second additional device, wherein the user device and the second additional device are not connected;
converting the identified string of text into a QR code;
displaying the QR code on an outer side of the head mounted user device visible to a camera of the second additional device;
reading, by the camera of the second additional device, the QR code; and
transmitting, to the second additional device, the identified string of text to be pasted in the area on the second display corresponding to the shift in the user's gaze.