Avatar-Based Peripheral Device Management in Virtual Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices lack an intuitive and efficient user interface for controlling and communicating with peripheral devices in virtual spaces, particularly in immersive 3D environments, making it difficult for users to intuitively recognize and manage connected devices.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and method that utilize an avatar in a virtual space to display device icons corresponding to connected peripheral devices, allowing users to intuitively match devices with their physical positions on the avatar, enhancing user interface usability and device management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional 2D device lists are used to display peripheral devices, then device management functionality is provided, but user intuitiveness and ease of operation deteriorate in immersive 3D virtual environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the traditional 2D device list interface into a 3D virtual space interface where device icons are spatially arranged around the user's avatar. This dimensional transition allows users to interact with peripheral devices through natural spatial relationships in the virtual environment, significantly improving intuitiveness and ease of operation while maintaining manageable interface complexity through automated spatial positioning algorithms
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates visual copies of peripheral devices as icons within the virtual space, positioning them at locations corresponding to where the user would physically wear or carry these devices. This copying approach allows users to intuitively recognize and select devices based on their spatial relationship to the avatar, enhancing ease of operation without requiring complex configuration interfaces
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple peripheral devices are connected to the electronic device, then device functionality increases, but user interface clarity and device recognition deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display of multiple peripheral devices by spatially distributing their icons around the user's avatar in the virtual space. Each device icon is positioned at a distinct location corresponding to where the device would be physically worn or carried, allowing users to clearly distinguish and recognize the state of each connected device without information overload
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by providing unique visual characteristics and positioning for each device icon based on its type and association with specific avatar body parts. This allows users to intuitively recognize which device is connected to which body part or function, maintaining clear device state recognition even when multiple devices are connected simultaneously
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AI summary
Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a device and method for communicating using an avatar in a virtual space. To that end, an electronic device may display a first avatar corresponding to a user of the electronic device in a virtual space, display a first graphic user interface (GUI) resource including at least one device capable of establishing connection with the electronic device and, based on receiving an input on the first GUI resource, display a device icon corresponding to the input device in a matching position of the first avatar.