Context-Aware Shortcut Automation for Head-Mounted Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Head-mounted devices lack an efficient method to provide context-aware suggestions to users based on real-time sensor data, limiting their ability to automate tasks or provide relevant information in response to specific environmental or user activities.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with sensors and processors that obtain sensor data, determine contextual information, and compare it to a database of shortcuts to present relevant suggestions or automate actions when a match is found, allowing users to customize and manage these shortcuts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If head-mounted devices collect and process sensor data to provide context-aware suggestions, then user experience and task automation capability are improved, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the shortcut database into multiple organized categories (e.g., messaging, navigation, media control) and processes sensor data in discrete evaluation steps, comparing contextual information against structured shortcut criteria to manage complexity while maintaining adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-processes sensor data to determine contextual information before comparing it against the shortcut database, and pre-organizes shortcuts with defined triggers and actions to enable efficient matching without real-time complex processing
2Productivity
If the device continuously monitors sensor data and compares it to a database of shortcuts, then responsiveness and automation efficiency are improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system periodically evaluates sensor data against shortcut criteria rather than continuously processing all data streams, triggering detailed comparison only when contextual information matches potential shortcut triggers, thereby reducing energy consumption while maintaining automation efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs partial processing by first evaluating basic contextual information from sensors and only conducting full shortcut database comparisons when preliminary conditions are met, avoiding exhaustive processing of all sensor data in all situations
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device may include one or more sensors that gather sensor data. The sensors may include cameras that capture images. The electronic device may determine contextual information based on the captured images and/or other sensor data. The determined contextual information may be compared to the contextual triggers of shortcuts in a shortcut database. In response to identifying a match between the determined contextual information and a shortcut in the shortcut database, the head-mounted device may present a suggestion associated with the shortcut. Based on user input, the head-mounted device may perform one or more actions associated with the shortcut and/or automatically perform the actions associated with the shortcut during subsequent identifications of the contextual trigger.