Display Grid Highlighting for Head-Tracked Boundary Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information handling systems face challenges in providing high-quality and rapid interactions for demanding tasks like gaming, with potential distractions from peripheral devices and communication bandwidth limitations.
Innovation Solution
The system employs peripherals with strain-sensing films, head position tracking, and high-bandwidth communication to enhance user interactions, including a keyboard with a four-dimensional control pad, a mouse with analog triggers, and a graphics hub with contactless connectors, along with head-tracking through ultrasonic speakers or headsets, and power management using thermal sensors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional peripheral devices are used, then device complexity is reduced, but interaction precision and response speed deteriorate for demanding tasks
Solution Approach 1:
The control pad is segmented into four distinct directional zones (up, down, left, right) that can be independently activated. Each zone functions as a separate input mechanism, allowing precise directional control without requiring complex multi-button configurations. This segmentation enables high-precision input for gaming and creative applications while maintaining a relatively simple overall device structure.
2Speed
If standard communication interfaces are used, then device complexity is minimized, but communication bandwidth and data transmission speed are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical contact-based USB connectors with a contactless electromagnetic communication interface. This substitution eliminates physical wear and connection issues while enabling significantly higher data transmission speeds. The contactless interface uses electromagnetic fields to transmit data and power, bypassing the bandwidth limitations of conventional wired interfaces without requiring complex additional hardware.
3Use of energy by moving object
If continuous power supply to peripherals is provided, then operational reliability is maintained, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic power delivery through the contactless communication interface instead of continuous power supply. Power is transmitted in controlled intervals synchronized with data communication cycles, allowing the peripheral devices to enter low-power states between transmissions. This periodic action maintains operational reliability by ensuring power is available when needed while significantly reducing overall power consumption compared to continuous supply.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This enhances gaming performance by providing precise and rapid input capabilities, overcoming communication bottlenecks and minimizing power consumption, allowing for seamless and efficient interaction with the system.
Implementation Method 1
peripherals with strain-sensing films, head position tracking
Implementation Method 2
power management using thermal sensors
Data Source
AI summary
An information handling system presents visual images at a display with a grid overlay defined by an onscreen display menu and having a highlighted grid to track a desired boundary, such as a head position or an eye position. Highlighting the end user viewing direction and/or location aids in end user manipulation of input devices to achieve a display at the viewed position, such as to move a crosshairs cursor to the highlight location by giving the end user perspective on the amount of movement needed at the input device to achieve an overlap.