AR Eyewear Touch Navigation for 3D Painting Menus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart glasses systems are limited by single touch input interfaces, restricting navigation through complex menu structures and interactions with virtual content.
Innovation Solution
A system that utilizes multiple types of user inputs, including touch, gesture, and multi-finger interactions, to navigate through a complex augmented reality painting menu on eyewear devices, enabling seamless selection and control of augmented reality painting options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single touch input interface is used in smart glasses, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to limited navigation capability through complex menu structures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by enabling a single touch interface to perform multiple navigation operations through different finger gestures (single finger, multi-finger, dragging, hovering). This allows the simplified input interface to handle complex menu navigation tasks that would otherwise require multiple specialized controls, thus improving ease of operation without increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts its behavior based on the type of touch input detected. Different gesture types (single finger tap, multi-finger drag, hover) trigger different navigation modes and menu interactions. This dynamic response allows the interface to optimize its operation for each specific user action, enhancing navigation capability while maintaining a simple physical interface structure
2Productivity
If multiple pages and inputs are required to accomplish tasks, then the device complexity is reduced, but the productivity deteriorates due to increased number of steps needed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by allowing users to hover over menu options and preview content before committing to a selection. This preliminary interaction enables users to understand menu structures and available options in advance, reducing the number of navigation steps required to accomplish tasks and thereby improving productivity without adding complex input mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables skipping through multiple menu pages and options using multi-finger gestures and drag operations. Users can rapidly navigate through complex menu hierarchies by dragging fingers across the interface, effectively skipping through intermediate steps that would otherwise require sequential page-by-page navigation, thus significantly improving task completion efficiency
3Adaptability or versatility
If a simple touch interface is used, then the ease of operation is improved, but the adaptability deteriorates due to limited interaction types
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments touch interactions into distinct gesture categories (single finger operations, multi-finger operations, dragging gestures, hovering actions). Each gesture type is recognized and processed independently, allowing the simple touch interface to support diverse interaction types. This segmentation enables the interface to adapt to different user needs and tasks while maintaining a unified, simple interface structure
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations comprising: displaying a plurality of augmented reality painting options; detecting, by a touch input interface of the eyewear device, a first touch input comprising a single finger touching the touch input interface; selecting a first augmented reality painting option of the plurality of augmented reality painting options in response to the first touch input; while continuing to detect continuous touch between the single finger and the touch input interface following selection of the first augmented reality painting option, displaying a second augmented reality painting option related to the first augmented reality painting option; and performing a selection associated with the second augmented reality painting option in response to detecting, by the touch input interface, movement of the single finger along the touch input interface while continuing to detect the continuous touch.