Acoustic Input Surface for Eyewear Gesture Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current graphical user interfaces for eyewear devices lack intuitive and efficient methods for user interaction, particularly in navigating and selecting menu options, which can hinder the user experience and simplicity of interaction.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a touch-sensitive input surface on eyewear devices that detects finger taps and gestures, allowing for intuitive navigation and selection of menu options through contextual menus with clear call-to-action items and visual feedback, enabling fast and memorable actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional graphical user interfaces are used on eyewear devices, then the device can display content, but the user interaction becomes complex and non-intuitive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical or complex graphical interface interactions with acoustic wave-based interactions. Sound waves are used to detect user inputs such as taps, swipes, and gestures on the input surface, substituting the need for complex visual interfaces and manual controls with intuitive sound-based detection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an acoustic field as an intermediary between the user and the device interface. Sound waves serve as the medium that carries user interactions from the input surface to the processor, enabling natural and intuitive communication without requiring direct physical contact or complex visual menu navigation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more input methods are added to eyewear devices, then user interaction capability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal acoustic input surface that can detect multiple types of interactions (taps, swipes, gestures, pressure variations) using a single integrated system. This multi-functional input surface eliminates the need for separate buttons, switches, or sensors for different input methods, providing versatile interaction capability without increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent detects different user interactions by analyzing changes in acoustic wave parameters such as frequency, amplitude, duration, and pattern. By monitoring these parameter variations, the system can distinguish between taps, swipes, gestures, and other input types using a single sensor system, thereby achieving high adaptability without adding multiple specialized sensors.
3Loss of information
If visual feedback is provided for all interactions, then user understanding improves, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an acoustic feedback system where the device emits sound waves in response to user interactions. This acoustic feedback provides immediate confirmation of detected inputs (such as tap confirmation or gesture recognition) without requiring continuous visual display activation, thereby maintaining effective user communication while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to always-on visual feedback systems.
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AI summary
Methods and system for creating and using graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for eyewear devices and eyewear devices including GUIs. The eyewear devices detect finger touches on a surface of the eyewear device and present GUIs on image displays of the eyewear device that are responsive to the finger touches.