Smart Eyewear UAV Control Using Head Gestures and Voice
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current eyewear devices, such as smart glasses, lack the capability to seamlessly control unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a natural and intuitive manner.
Innovation Solution
The integration of multiple sensors and input methods within the eyewear device, including visible light cameras, head movement trackers, microphones, and touchpads, allows users to generate control signals for UAVs through natural head movements, gestures, and voice commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional remote controls are used to operate UAVs, then the control interface is simple and device complexity is low, but ease of operation deteriorates because the user cannot naturally control the UAV with head movements and gestures
Solution Approach 1:
The eyewear device integrates multiple input modalities (head movement tracking, voice recognition, touchpad control) into a single universal control interface for UAV operation. This allows the device to function as both a conventional remote control and a sophisticated gesture/voice-controlled system, resolving the contradiction by making one device serve multiple operational purposes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical remote control operations with optical and acoustic sensing mechanisms. Head movement trackers use optical fields to detect head position and orientation, while microphones capture voice commands, substituting mechanical manipulation with field-based sensing to improve ease of operation.
2Ease of operation
If multiple sensors and input methods are integrated into the eyewear device, then ease of operation improves through natural head movements and gestures, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple previously separate devices (head movement tracker, voice recognition system, touchpad, and UAV controller) into a single integrated eyewear device. This merging reduces the number of separate components the user must handle while consolidating control functions, thereby improving ease of operation despite the increased complexity within the single device.
Solution Approach 2:
The eyewear device serves as an intermediary between the user's natural movements/voice and the UAV's control systems. It translates head movements into flight path commands and voice gestures into operational instructions, mediating the interaction to make complex UAV control intuitive and easy to operate.
3Ease of operation
If hands-free control is implemented through head movements and voice commands, then ease of operation improves, but measurement precision may deteriorate due to challenges in accurately detecting head position and voice gestures
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the eyewear device continuously monitors head position, orientation, and voice commands, then translates these inputs into corresponding UAV control actions. The feedback loop ensures that subtle head movements and voice gestures are accurately captured and reflected in the UAV's flight behavior, maintaining measurement precision while enabling hands-free operation.
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AI summary
Eyewear configured to control an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In one example, a user interacts with the eyewear to generate control signals that are transmitted to the UAV to control the flight path, speed, orientation, and to communicate other instructions to the UAV. An input of the eyewear is controlled by the user to control the UAV, such as a touchpad, a microphone, a head movement tracker and a camera. The user is also able to configure and customize the eyewear to send specific control signals to the UAV as a function of user actions. This includes specific head movements and head gestures of the user as a method of controlling the UAV. This allows the user to control the UAV in a more natural and convenient way.