Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Displaying content without obscuring key details on a computer screen
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Application No.: US15975330Application Date: 2018-05-09
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Publication No.: US10936174B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Paul R. Bastide , Robert E. Loredo , Matthew E. Broomhall
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Winstead PC
- Agent Robert A. Voigt, Jr.
- Main IPC: G06F3/0484
- IPC: G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/0486 ; G06F3/01 ; G09G5/14

Abstract:
A method, system and computer program product for displaying content without obscuring key details on a computer screen. After the computing system detects the display of overlapping application windows, objects in the application windows are detected using an object recognition service. A determination is then made as to which of these detected objects correspond to objects that are being focused by the user, will be focused by the user and/or have been focused by the user based on the tracking of the eye gaze of the user and/or prior recorded patterns of activity. A score may then be generated for each of these focused objects indicating a level of obstruction using the location of the focused objects, the location of overlays and/or prior recorded patterns of activity. An optimal layout of the overlapped application windows is determined in response to the score for the focused object(s) exceeding a threshold value.
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