Context-Aware Computing Functions for Guide Movement Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote guided experiences lack active participation and safety assurance for users, as guides providing these experiences may not be adequately monitored for safety and environmental awareness, especially in diverse and dynamic locations.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing sensors and machine learning models to detect the movement and location of guides, adjusting available functions in real-time to ensure safety and environmental awareness, while allowing guides to manually override settings for optimal user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If remote guided experiences are provided without function modification, then user accessibility and experience availability are improved, but guide safety and environmental awareness cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The guide device dynamically modifies its functions based on real-time sensor data about movement and location. The system transitions between different operational states (e.g., restricted mode when moving, full functionality when stationary) to balance safety requirements with user experience needs. This dynamic adaptation allows the device to ensure guide safety while maintaining experience availability when conditions permit.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters (function availability) based on environmental parameters (location, movement state). When sensors detect that the guide is moving or in potentially unsafe environments, the system modifies parameters such as disabling camera controls, limiting communication channels, or restricting device operations to prioritize safety while still maintaining basic guided experience functionality.
2Reliability
If functions are dynamically adjusted based on movement and location, then guide safety is improved, but device complexity and automation requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments functionality into distinct modules that can be independently enabled or disabled based on safety requirements. Instead of managing complex conditional logic for each function, the system divides operations into safety-critical functions (always active) and optional functions (conditionally active), simplifying the control architecture while maintaining safety through clear functional separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide device autonomously monitors its own movement and location through integrated sensors and automatically adjusts its functions without requiring external intervention. The device self-evaluates its operational context and modifies its own functionality, reducing the need for complex external control systems while ensuring safety through automated environmental awareness.
3Ease of operation
If manual override capability is provided, then guide flexibility and operational control are improved, but safety assurance mechanisms may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements partial automation where safety-critical functions remain automatically controlled while allowing manual override for non-critical operations. The guide can manually adjust certain parameters or temporarily disable restrictions when justified, but core safety functions maintain automatic control. This partial manual intervention approach provides flexibility while preserving essential safety assurances through retained automated monitoring and enforcement.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods to modify functions of computing devices based on movements and/or locations of users of such computing devices may include various types of sensors, such as movement sensors, imaging sensors, and location sensors. The sensor data may be processed by various algorithms to determine either or both of movement and location of the user within an environment. Then, based at least on the determined movement or location of the user, a particular function level may be selected for the computing device to ensure safety and environmental awareness of the user. In addition, one or more functions of the computing device may be modified, enabled, disabled, automated, alerted, or otherwise changed based on the selected function level.