3D Touch Input Temple for Glass Terminal Screen Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current glass type terminals are inconvenient for manipulating various user interfaces due to the need for two-dimensional touch input, limiting rapid and efficient control of screens.
Innovation Solution
A glass type terminal with a three-dimensional input device integrated into the temple, featuring touch sensors on multiple surfaces, allowing control through one or two fingers, including specific touch patterns and gestures for menu display, zoom, and capturing functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a two-dimensional touch input interface is used on the temple, then the device structure remains simple, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to inconvenient manipulation of user interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by transitioning from a two-dimensional touch input interface to a three-dimensional touch input interface on the temple. The temple is divided into multiple surfaces (upper, lower, outer, inner) that can be independently touched, providing spatial depth to the input interface. This allows users to perform different operations by touching different surfaces, enabling more intuitive and convenient manipulation of user interfaces without significantly increasing device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If touch sensors are provided on multiple surfaces of the temple, then the versatility of input gestures is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the temple into multiple distinct surfaces (upper surface, lower surface, outer surface, inner surface), each equipped with touch sensors. This segmentation allows each surface to be independently controlled and recognized, enabling a variety of input gestures and operations. The modular approach to sensor placement on different surfaces facilitates versatile input capabilities while maintaining manageable manufacturing complexity through standardized sensor integration processes.
3Productivity
If three-dimensional touch input is implemented, then the productivity of information access is improved, but the device complexity increases due to multiple touch sensors and control logic
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by designing the temple as a universal input device that can perform multiple functions through three-dimensional touch gestures. The same physical temple structure serves as both a structural component and an interactive input interface. Different touch patterns on different surfaces enable various operations such as menu navigation, information selection, and control commands, allowing the temple to replace multiple separate control mechanisms and improve information access productivity without proportionally increasing device complexity.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a glass type terminal capable of supporting gestures using one finger or two fingers by providing a three-dimensional input device at a temple hinged to a rim of a lens, and an input method thereof. For three-dimensional touch inputs, the temple is configured to have an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner side surface and an outer side surface provided touch sensor, respectively. Upon sensing of a touch input applied onto said one or more surfaces of the temple using one finger or two fingers, a screen displayed on a lens is controlled in correspondence to the sensed touch input. Under such configuration, a user can control the screen in a more convenient manner.