Controlling electronic devices by operating head mounted display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Immersive head-mounted displays (HMDs) lack the ability to seamlessly integrate and control external electronic appliances, limiting their functionality in providing comprehensive user interfaces and real-time feedback.
Innovation Solution
An IHMD system that communicates with external devices, allowing users to select and modify settings of these appliances through a graphical user interface, using a control device and processing unit to transmit setting data directly to the appliances, and incorporates tracking elements for orientation and movement detection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an immersive HMD is used to provide immersive primary content, then the immersive experience is improved, but the ability to control external electronic appliances and provide real-time feedback is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The HMD system is designed to perform multiple functions: displaying primary immersive content and simultaneously controlling external electronic appliances. The processing unit can receive inputs, generate modified graphical user interfaces displaying appliance information and control elements, and transmit control signals to external devices, enabling the HMD to serve as both an immersive display and a universal remote control system.
Solution Approach 2:
The HMD acts as an intermediary device between the user and external electronic appliances. It receives control inputs from the user, processes them through the processing unit, and transmits appropriate control signals to the target appliances. The HMD mediates the interaction by translating user gestures or commands into appliance-specific control protocols.
2Ease of operation
If the HMD displays control elements for electronic appliances, then the ease of operation is improved, but the primary content experience may be disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical user interface is segmented into distinct regions: areas displaying primary content and areas displaying appliance control information. This segmentation allows users to access control functions without completely obscuring the primary immersive content, maintaining both experiences simultaneously in separate visual zones.
Solution Approach 2:
The HMD displays only relevant portions of appliance control interfaces rather than full screens of control options. By showing selective control elements and information related to the currently selected appliance, the system provides sufficient control capability while minimizing interference with the primary content experience.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the HMD integrates communication with multiple external devices, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The HMD incorporates a universal communication interface that can interact with multiple types of electronic appliances through a single integrated system. The processing unit is designed to handle various communication protocols and device types, enabling the HMD to function as a universal remote control for TVs, audio equipment, and other appliances without requiring separate dedicated interfaces for each device type.
Data Source
AI summary
An immersive head-mounted display (IHMD) system includes an IHMD that is communicatively coupled to a control device. The IHMD includes a hardware data receiving component operable to receive data indicative of data generated by the one or more electronic appliances from the control device. The IHMD includes a processing unit further operative to: modify, based on selection of one or more electronic appliances, the graphical user interface to display modifiable settings of the selected one or more electronic appliances; update the modified graphical user interface based on requested changes to the modifiable settings; and transmit, via a hardware transmitting component to the control device, setting data to the selected electronic appliance, wherein the setting data is data obtained from the modified settings.