Glasses Terminal Frame Touch Control for Image Browsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable glasses-type terminals lack intuitive methods for users to easily access and control captured images, limiting user experience and interaction with captured content.
Innovation Solution
A glasses-type mobile terminal equipped with a camera, a sensing unit to detect touch on the frame, and a controller that outputs the captured image to a Head Mounted Display (HMD) type display unit, allowing users to access images by touching the frame and control image display through intuitive gestures such as rotating their head or dragging their finger, enabling scrolling and selection of images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a glasses-type terminal uses a traditional interface method to display captured images, then the user can access images, but the operation becomes complex and not intuitive for wearable devices
Solution Approach 1:
The frame enables self-service operation by allowing users to directly touch the frame structure itself to control image display, rather than requiring separate control interfaces. The frame acts as both structural support and input device, eliminating the need for additional buttons or complex menu navigation.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for the glasses-type terminal, acts as a touch-sensitive input device for controlling image display, and serves as a mounting structure for sensors. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components and simplifies the overall interface system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the glasses-type terminal provides menu-based user interface, then various functions are available, but the interface becomes visible only in specific view regions depending on terminal position
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is extracted from the traditional display screen and transferred to the frame structure. By touching different regions of the frame, users can access and control captured images without requiring a visible menu interface on the display screen. This separates the control interface from the visual display region.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame acts as an intermediary between the user and the captured images. Instead of directly interacting with images on the display screen, users touch the frame which then mediates the control signals to display or manipulate images on the display unit, providing indirect but intuitive control.
3Productivity
If the glasses-type terminal allows continuous scrolling of images, then users can browse multiple images, but the operation requires complex gestures or controls
Solution Approach 1:
The scrolling operation dynamically responds to the duration and pattern of frame touches. A single touch initiates image display, while continued touching or touching patterns trigger scrolling to the next image. The system adapts its behavior based on the user's interaction dynamics, allowing efficient image browsing through simple, natural touch gestures on the frame.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention include an eyewear-type mobile terminal, including a camera configured to capture an image, a frame formed to be worn on a user's head, a sensor configured to detect touches on the frame, a display coupled to the frame and configured to display information, and a controller configured to cause the display to display a first image captured via the camera in response to a predetermined first touch detected on the frame and terminate display of the first image when the first touch is released.