AR Lens Avatar Notifications With Gesture-Based Responses
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication devices face challenges in handling multiple incoming calls or notifications, requiring users to manually navigate through options, which can disrupt ongoing conversations and be rude or time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
Displaying an avatar associated with the second user on an augmented reality (AR) lens of a first communication device, allowing users to respond with predetermined gestures, such as hand or eye movements, to manage incoming calls or notifications without interrupting ongoing interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually navigate through options on a traditional display to respond to incoming calls or notifications, then they can make informed decisions about how to handle each notification, but it disrupts ongoing conversations and consumes time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual navigation through on-screen options with gesture-based control. Users can respond to notifications by performing gestures (e.g., waving hand to answer, pointing to reject) while wearing the AR device, eliminating the need to manually interact with a traditional display interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that detects gestures and automatically translates them into communication responses. The gesture recognition system acts as a mediator between the user's natural movements and the communication device's response actions, enabling seamless interaction without manual navigation.
2Loss of information
If users check notifications during ongoing conversations, then they can stay informed about new communications, but it appears rude and breaks the flow of conversation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the notification interface from a traditional 2D screen to a 3D augmented reality space. Notifications are displayed as virtual elements in the user's field of view, allowing them to perceive incoming communications without shifting attention from their ongoing conversation in the physical world.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual screen interaction with gesture-based control. Users can respond to notifications through natural gestures (e.g., waving to answer, pointing to reject) without needing to manually navigate menus or touch a display, thus maintaining conversation flow while staying informed.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides multiple options for handling incoming calls, then users can choose the most appropriate action, but it increases the complexity of the interface and requires more manual navigation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex manual navigation through multiple interface options with intuitive gesture-based control. Different gestures (waving, pointing, punching motion) correspond to different actions (answer, reject, send message), providing versatile notification handling without requiring users to navigate complex menus or understand interface hierarchies.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes displaying an avatar associated with a second user on an augmented reality (AR) lens of a first communication device, in response to receiving, on the first communication device worn by a first user, a notification from a second communication device of the second user. The first user is monitored for a predetermined gesture. In response to a determination that the first user performs a first predetermined gesture, an action associated with the first predetermined gesture is performed by the first communication device. The method further includes outputting a response associated with the first predetermined gesture. The response indicates an availability of the first user to communicate with the second user.