Context-Aware Web Content Conversion to Voice for Wearables
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices struggle to seamlessly convert web pages into alternative modalities like voice for users in diverse environments and contexts, particularly for wearable devices and IoT applications, where visual display is limited or not available.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with sensors, communication circuitry, and a controller that senses context and converts web pages into audio or voice data, transmitting this information to external devices for display, allowing users to interact with web content through voice or vibration based on their context and environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If web pages are displayed visually on screens, then information can be presented comprehensively, but users in diverse environments (especially wearable devices and IoT) cannot access web content effectively due to limited or no visual display
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the output modality parameter from visual display to audio output. The controller converts web page content into audio signals that can be played through speakers or headphones, enabling users to access web content in environments where visual display is limited or unavailable, such as wearable devices and IoT applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the visual-mechanical display system with an audio-electrical system. Instead of rendering web content on a visual display screen, the system uses audio output circuitry to convert and play web page content as sound, providing an alternative interaction modality suitable for diverse environments.
2Adaptability or versatility
If web pages are converted into audio data for output, then users can access web content in diverse environments, but the complexity of the device increases due to additional conversion and transmission components
Solution Approach 1:
The controller is designed to perform multiple functions: it can display web pages visually on the electronic device's screen, convert web pages into audio data for local playback, and transmit web page data to external devices. This multi-functionality allows the same hardware components to serve diverse purposes, reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces communication circuitry as an intermediary component that facilitates data transmission between the electronic device and external devices. This mediator enables seamless web content delivery to wearable devices and IoT applications without requiring complex direct integration between different device types.
3Adaptability or versatility
If link objects are transmitted to external devices for display, then users can interact with web content on multiple devices, but the security risk increases due to data transmission across devices
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the controller receives context information from external devices and adjusts the transmission of link objects accordingly. This feedback loop allows the system to make informed decisions about data transmission, enhancing security by only sharing appropriate content based on device context and user preferences.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is disclosed, the electronic device including a display configured to display a first web page including a first area and a second area, a sensor configured to sense a context of the electronic device, communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external device, and a controller configured to convert at least one of the first area and the second area into voice data based on a signal output from the sensor and to control the communication circuitry to transmit the first area to the external device based on context information regarding the external device received through the communication circuitry.