Gesture-Based Content Transfer Between Interconnected Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
As the number of interconnected devices increases, initiating content transfer between them becomes challenging, especially for less sophisticated users who find complex interfaces difficult to navigate, leading to a need for more intuitive and user-friendly control methods.
Innovation Solution
A system that detects user gestures to identify target devices and determine the direction of content transfer, allowing users to initiate data sharing through swiping motions on a touch-sensitive surface, with the system determining the appropriate device based on the gesture's direction and orientation, and transmitting content accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional complex interfaces are used for device control, then device functionality and network control capability are improved, but user ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical interface interactions (buttons, menus, navigation) with gesture-based control on a touch-sensitive surface. Users perform gestures (e.g., swiping, tapping) in physical directions that correspond to spatial relationships between devices, eliminating the need to navigate complex software interfaces while maintaining full device control capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces spatial dimensionality to device control by mapping gesture directions on the touch-sensitive surface to physical directions in the environment. This allows users to select target devices by gesturing toward their physical locations, transforming a traditionally two-dimensional interface problem into a three-dimensional spatial interaction that is more intuitive and easier to operate
2Adaptability or versatility
If more devices are added to the network, then system functionality and integration possibilities are improved, but device complexity and control difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically discovers available devices in the network and presents them through the gesture interface without requiring users to manually configure or search for devices. The touch-sensitive surface dynamically displays detected devices based on their physical locations, allowing the system to self-organize and present relevant options without increasing user burden
Solution Approach 2:
By adding spatial dimensionality to device selection, the patent transforms the complex task of choosing from multiple network devices into an intuitive spatial gesture. Users simply gesture toward the physical location of their desired device, and the system maps this spatial information to the corresponding network device, effectively managing network complexity through physical space rather than interface complexity
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AI summary
One embodiment provides a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program code that, when executed by a processor, performs an operation. The operation includes detecting a gesture performed by a user and identifying a first device. A direction in which a second device is positioned, relative to the first device, is then determined, based on at least one of 1) the detected gesture and 2) an orientation of the first device. In response to identifying the second device, content to transmit between the first device and the second device is determined. Additionally, the operation includes transmitting the content between the first device and the second device.