Context-Sensitive Eyewear Remote Layouts for Activity-Based Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote controls for electronic devices, such as eyewear, lack adaptability to the specific activities being performed on them, leading to a suboptimal user experience.
Innovation Solution
A context-sensitive remote control system that adapts its interface based on the activity being performed on the eyewear device, such as providing a keyboard for composing emails, a game controller for gaming, or a touchpad for navigating user interfaces, by utilizing cameras and image processors to detect user interactions and adjust the control layout accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a remote control provides multiple control layouts for different activities, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The remote control dynamically changes its controller layout based on the detected activity. The system transitions from a static control interface to a dynamic one that adapts in real-time, switching between different layouts (e.g., media playback controls for video, keyboard for typing, game controls for gaming) without requiring physical reconfiguration or multiple separate devices.
Solution Approach 2:
A single remote control device performs multiple functions by implementing activity detection capabilities and providing multiple controller layouts within one device. Instead of requiring separate remote controls for different activities, this universal device detects the current activity and provides appropriate controls, consolidating multiple functions into one device.
2Ease of operation
If the remote control adapts interface based on detected activity, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The remote control system performs self-service by automatically detecting the current activity and selecting the appropriate controller layout without user intervention. The activity detection utility monitors device usage and the remote control autonomously adapts its interface, eliminating the need for users to manually switch between different control modes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from activity detection to continuously adapt the remote control interface. The activity detection utility provides information about current device usage, and this feedback loop enables the remote control to adjust its controller layout in real-time, ensuring the interface always matches the current activity context.
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AI summary
Context-sensitive remote controls for use with electronic devices (e.g., eyewear device). The electronic device is configured to perform activities (e.g., email, painting, navigation, gaming). The context-sensitive remote control includes a display having a display area, a display driver coupled to the display, and a transceiver. The remote control additionally includes memory that stores controller layout configurations for display in the display area of the display by the display driver. A processor in the context-sensitive remote control is configured to establish, via the transceiver, communication with an electronic device, detect an activity currently being performed by the electronic device, select one of the controller layout configurations responsive to the detected activity, and present, via the display driver, the selected controller layout configuration in the display area of the display.