AR Audio Notification Control via Contextual Prioritization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional augmented reality (AR) audio systems fail to effectively prioritize and manage notifications from multiple applications on wearable audio devices, leading to unnecessary interruptions and inefficient use of augmented audio benefits.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system for controlling AR audio playback on wearable devices, which includes a control application acting as a gateway for notifications from distinct applications, releasing notifications based on predefined audio notification rules that consider factors like location, orientation, proximity, biometric indicators, and time, allowing for prioritization and modification of notification characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple applications release audio notifications simultaneously on a wearable device, then the user receives all notifications, but the user experience deteriorates due to unnecessary interruptions and inability to prioritize relevant notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a control application as an intermediary layer between multiple applications and the audio output. This control application receives notification requests from multiple applications, evaluates them against predefined rules (priority levels, contextual conditions), and determines the release order or suppression of notifications. This mediator architecture resolves the contradiction by filtering and prioritizing notifications to improve user experience while ensuring reliable delivery of important alerts.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system prioritizes notifications based on multiple contextual factors (location, orientation, biometric indicators), then the relevance of notifications is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by establishing a comprehensive rule set in advance that defines prioritization criteria based on multiple contextual factors including location, device orientation, and biometric indicators. These rules are pre-configured to handle various scenarios, allowing the control application to make automated prioritization decisions without complex real-time analysis. This approach achieves high adaptability while managing system complexity through pre-defined decision logic.
3Productivity
If the control application acts as a gateway for all notifications from distinct applications, then notification prioritization is achieved, but the device complexity increases due to the additional control layer
Solution Approach 1:
The control application is designed with multi-functionality to justify its presence in the architecture. It not only prioritizes notifications but also modifies audio playback characteristics (volume, tone, duration), integrates with multiple applications, and adapts to various contextual conditions. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single universal control layer, the system achieves efficient notification management without proportionally increasing complexity, as the control application handles multiple tasks simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
Various implementations include audio devices and related computer-implemented methods for controlling playback of augmented reality (AR) audio. Certain implementations include approaches for managing audio notifications at an audio device according to a set of audio notification rules, for example, by delaying release of notifications and/or de-prioritizing notifications based upon the rules.