Gesture-Based Search Interface for Collaborative Sessions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication tools, such as email, telephone, and video conferencing, do not effectively utilize the computing power of client devices and cloud services to enhance collaborative processes, making it inconvenient to search for information during collaborative sessions, especially when voice-based interfaces disrupt the conversation flow and require cumbersome verbal search terms.
Innovation Solution
A gesture-based search method is implemented, providing a search interface on client devices with concept tabs, allowing users to input gestures to select concepts and receive relevant content, enabling efficient information retrieval without disrupting collaborative sessions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If voice-based search interface is used during conference call, then search functionality is provided, but conversation flow is disrupted and search term specification becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The search interface is extracted from the voice communication flow and presented as a visual overlay on the video conferencing interface. Users can initiate and perform search operations through visual gestures (swiping, tapping) on the screen rather than speaking, thereby removing the disruptive voice search function from the conversation while maintaining search capability throughout the collaborative session.
Solution Approach 2:
A visual gesture-based intermediary interface is introduced between the user and the search engine. Instead of directly speaking search queries into the audio channel, users interact with a graphical interface that translates visual gestures into search commands, serving as a mediator that enables search without disrupting the voice conversation.
2Measurement precision
If text-based search is used during collaborative session, then specific search queries can be formulated, but typing queries becomes inconvenient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The mechanical typing action on a keyboard is replaced with visual gesture interactions on a touchscreen interface. Users can select from predefined concepts or use intuitive gestures (swiping, pinching) to formulate search queries, eliminating the need for physical typing while maintaining the ability to specify precise search terms through visual selection of concepts.
Solution Approach 2:
Predefined search concepts and categories are prepared in advance within the interface. Instead of requiring users to type queries from scratch, the system presents pre-organized search templates and concepts that users can quickly select through gestures, performing the query formulation action in advance to reduce input time while maintaining specificity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple concept tabs are displayed in search interface, then comprehensive search coverage is achieved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The search interface is segmented into multiple concept tabs that can be independently displayed and navigated. Each tab represents a distinct search concept or category, allowing the interface to present comprehensive search coverage through organized segmentation rather than a monolithic complex structure. Users can switch between segments (tabs) based on their search needs, managing complexity through modular organization.
Data Source
AI summary
A gesture-based search interface is provided on a client device. A concept interface is displayed within the search interface, the concept interface including a plurality of selected concept tabs. A content interface is also displayed within the search interface, the content interface configured to, in response to a selection of a concept tab, display content associated with a concept represented by the selected concept tab. A gesture input is received at the client device, for instance a touch input received at a touch-screen of the client device. A concept input mechanism is presented in response to the gesture input, and an additional concept tab is presented within the concept interface in response to receiving a concept via the concept input mechanism. The content interface displays content associated with the received concept when the additional concept tab is selected.