Eyewear Touch Interface for Media Control Navigation
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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
1Device complexity
If a single touch input interface is used on 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 segments the touch input interface into multiple independent touch zones (first touch input zone and second touch input zone) on the eyewear device frame. Each zone can be touched independently to trigger different navigation actions, allowing complex menu navigation without increasing overall device complexity. The segmentation enables sophisticated control through simple, distributed touch points.
2Device complexity
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 needed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple media control functions (playback control, volume adjustment, track skipping) into a unified context menu that appears in response to a single touch gesture. Instead of requiring separate pages and multiple input sequences, all control options are consolidated in one accessible menu, reducing the number of steps needed to complete tasks while maintaining a simple control structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by displaying the context menu with all available control options immediately in response to the touch gesture. This eliminates the need for users to navigate through multiple pages to find control functions, as everything is prepared and presented upfront in the context menu, significantly speeding up task completion.
3Ease of operation
If a simple touch interface is used, then the ease of operation is improved, but the adaptability deteriorates due to limited interaction capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing the touch input interface to support multiple interaction modes (single touch, multi-touch, different touch zones, press duration variations) all through the same simple touch mechanism. The interface adapts its functionality based on the specific touch pattern detected, enabling diverse interactions without requiring different physical controls, thus maintaining ease of operation while achieving versatility.
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.