Fingerprint Input System with Macro Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional input devices, such as keyboards, are not user-friendly due to the need for complex key combinations, leading to inconvenient and error-prone operations, especially in gaming and software applications.
Innovation Solution
An input system that includes a memory unit, fingerprint detecting unit, and processing unit, which recognizes users based on their fingerprints and maps hot-key inputs to corresponding macro instructions, allowing for simplified and accurate input operations by selecting the appropriate hot-key profiles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional input devices (keyboard, mouse) are used, then basic input functions are available, but complex key combinations are required leading to inconvenient and error-prone operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures macro instructions that automatically execute complex key combinations based on simple hot-key inputs. Users define macro instructions in advance that contain sequences of key presses, and the system automatically performs these pre-defined sequences when triggered by simple hot-key inputs, eliminating the need for users to manually execute complex combinations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a macro instruction as an intermediary between the simple hot-key input and the complex function execution. The macro instruction acts as a mediator that translates the simple hot-key into the required complex key sequence, allowing users to interact with the system using simple inputs while the intermediary handles the complexity of the actual function execution.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple users share the same input device, then device utilization is improved, but user-specific customization and recognition become problematic
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical user identification methods (such as physical tags or manual login) with a fingerprint recognition system. The fingerprint detecting unit captures biometric data, and the processing unit automatically identifies users based on their unique fingerprint patterns, enabling seamless multi-user support without requiring manual intervention or complex authentication procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables each user to register their own fingerprint data and associated hot-key profiles during an initial setup phase. Once registered, the system automatically performs user recognition and profile selection without requiring manual configuration for each user session. The fingerprint recognition system and profile management operate autonomously, allowing users to simply place their finger on the sensor to access their personalized settings.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user convenience and accuracy by eliminating the need for manual entry of complex key combinations, supporting multiple users with customizable hot-key profiles, and managing hot-key settings through function modes, making the system more user-friendly and efficient.
Implementation Method 1
a fingerprint detecting unit for reading a fingerprint of a user and issuing a second data corresponding to the fingerprint of the user
Data Source
AI summary
An input system includes a memory unit, a fingerprint detecting unit, an input interface and a processing unit. The memory unit stores n hot-key profiles and n fingerprint files corresponding to the n hot-key profiles. The fingerprint detecting unit reads a fingerprint of a first user and issues a first data corresponding to the fingerprint of the first user. The input interface receives a first hot-key input of the first user. The processing unit is connected with the memory unit, the fingerprint detecting unit and the input interface. The processing unit recognizes the first user according to a result of comparing the first data with the n fingerprint files, selects a first hot-key profile corresponding to the first user from the n hot-key profiles, and converts the first hot-key input into a first function input according to the first hot-key profile.