Gimbal Camera Query Response Through Positional Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for systems and methods to control electronic gimbal devices in response to user queries, enhancing user interaction and operation, particularly in scenarios where manual control is limited or impractical.
Innovation Solution
An electronic gimbal device equipped with processors and actuators that receive user-provided queries, determine responses, and adjust its position to indicate answers, allowing for intuitive interaction without requiring additional output devices like displays or audio.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional control methods are used for gimbal devices, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation and user interaction are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional mechanical control interfaces (buttons, switches, physical controls) with voice-based query processing. The gimbal device receives user queries through audio input, processes them using natural language interpretation, and executes corresponding commands, thereby substituting mechanical interaction with acoustic field-based interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing system that translates user queries into gimbal control commands. This intermediary layer includes audio processing modules, natural language interpretation algorithms, and command mapping mechanisms that bridge the gap between user speech and gimbal actuator control, enabling intuitive operation without direct mechanical interface.
2Loss of information
If additional output devices like displays or audio are added to provide feedback, then information communication is improved, but device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the gimbal's primary function (physical movement and positioning) serve dual purposes: both operational control and information feedback. The gimbal responds to queries by executing positional changes that inherently communicate information about its state, capabilities, and responses, eliminating the need for separate display or audio output devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The gimbal system uses its own operational capability (movement and positioning) to provide feedback information. Instead of requiring external output devices, the gimbal communicates with users through its natural mode of operation—physical movement—which conveys information about battery status, operational mode, and response to commands without additional hardware.
3Ease of operation
If voice query processing is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements selective voice processing where the gimbal processor only activates audio processing and natural language interpretation when voice queries are detected, rather than continuously running these energy-intensive functions. The system remains in a low-power state between interactions, activating full processing capability only when needed for query response.
Data Source
AI summary
A method includes, at an electronic gimbal device having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, receiving a user-provided query, determining a gimbal response to the user-provided query in response to receiving the user-provided query, and controlling the electronic gimbal device to indicate the determined gimbal response.