Eyewear Media Control via Multi-Finger Touch Gestures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart glasses with limited user input interfaces, such as single touch inputs, restrict users' ability to navigate complex menu structures and interact with virtual content effectively.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that utilizes multiple types of user inputs, including single and multi-finger touches, to seamlessly navigate through a hierarchy of media content playback options on eyewear devices, allowing for efficient selection and control of media content playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single touch input interface is used in smart glasses, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to inability to navigate complex menu structures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces multi-finger touch gestures (adding a dimension of input complexity) to enable complex menu navigation. Specifically, it detects multi-finger touch inputs (e.g., pinching, spreading, rotating gestures) that allow users to navigate hierarchical menus, select options, and control media playback without requiring multiple physical buttons or switches, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity.
2Productivity
If multiple pages and inputs are required for media control, then the device complexity is reduced, but the productivity deteriorates due to increased number of steps for task completion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple control functions (media playback control, menu navigation, option selection) into a unified multi-finger touch gesture system. Users can perform complex sequences of operations (e.g., navigating through menu hierarchies, selecting options, controlling playback) through continuous multi-finger gestures on a single touch-sensitive surface, reducing the number of discrete steps and pages required while maintaining interface simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If limited user input interfaces are used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability deteriorates due to restricted interaction capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal multi-finger touch gesture system that handles multiple interaction types (media playback control, menu navigation, option selection, scrolling) through a single touch-sensitive interface. The system detects various multi-finger gesture patterns (pinching to expand, spreading to collapse, rotating to navigate) and maps them to different functions, providing versatile interaction capabilities without adding multiple specialized input devices.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations comprising: displaying, by one or more processors of an eyewear device, a plurality of media content control options; detecting, by a touch input interface of the eyewear device, a first touch input comprising a single finger touching the touch input interface; based on detecting the first touch input, causing a cursor to track the first touch input to navigate through the plurality of media content control options; based on detecting that the single finger has not been released from touching the touch input interface, displaying a second media content control option related to the first media content control option; and performing a selection associated with the second media content control option based on movement of the single finger along the touch input interface.