Adaptive Sensing Resolution for Object Navigation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing object navigating apparatuses with fixed sensing resolution are inconvenient for users, as they fail to accurately differentiate between cursor movement and click operations, especially when the user needs to adjust sensitivity based on displacement speed and frequency.

Innovation Solution

An object navigating apparatus that adjusts sensing resolution based on the value and frequency of object displacement, increasing resolution for large and frequent displacements and decreasing it for small and infrequent ones, allowing for adaptive sensitivity adjustment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If the sensing resolution is increased to enable fast cursor movement with slight finger displacement, then the cursor displacement speed is improved, but the accuracy for determining click operations deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecursor displacement speedVSAvoidclick operation determination accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The sensing resolution is made dynamically adjustable rather than fixed. The control unit changes the sensing resolution based on real-time detection of displacement patterns, transitioning between high resolution mode (for fast movements) and low resolution mode (for precise operations), thereby resolving the contradiction between speed and precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The sensing resolution parameter is changed adaptively based on detected displacement characteristics. When large displacements are detected, the resolution is increased to enable fast cursor movement; when small displacements are detected, the resolution is decreased to improve click operation accuracy, thus resolving the technical contradiction

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If the sensing resolution is adjusted based on average moving speed in past time, then the sensitivity adaptation is improved, but the response time for sudden fast movements deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesensitivity adaptationVSAvoidresponse time for sudden fast movements
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection of displacement patterns continuously and adjusts the sensing resolution in advance before sudden fast movements occur. By monitoring displacement characteristics in real-time and pre-adjusting the resolution based on detected patterns, the system reduces response time delays

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The control unit continuously monitors displacement data and uses feedback to dynamically adjust the sensing resolution. When displacement patterns indicate upcoming fast movement, the system preemptively increases resolution, thereby reducing response time while maintaining adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS9423888B2Object navigating apparatus and object navigating method
Publication Date: 2016.08.23 PIXART IMAGING INC
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AI summary

An object navigating apparatus, which comprises: a sensing apparatus, for sensing an object; and a control unit, for computing at least one displacement that the object is relative to the sensing apparatus. The control unit increases the sensing resolution if the control unit detects the displacement is larger than a first predetermined value for continuous N times, or if the control unit detects the displacement is larger than the first predetermined time for at least N times in a first sensing time interval. The N is a positive integer larger or equals to 2.