Immersive Data Visualization Using Gesture and Voice Controls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional human interface devices for virtual reality and augmented reality are clumsy and insufficient for effectively interacting with complex data, limiting the ability to visualize and explore large-scale datasets.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for visualizing multiple datasets in a 3-dimensional interactive environment using user interfaces like game controllers or headsets, allowing users to interactively explore data from various perspectives, with features such as mirror image views and animation to reveal hidden patterns and trends.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional human interface devices (controllers with triggers and push-buttons) are used for VR systems, then the system can be operated with familiar controls, but the device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate when dealing with complex data visualization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional mechanical controllers with voice command recognition and gesture-based controls. Users speak commands naturally or perform hand gestures to navigate and manipulate complex data visualizations, eliminating the need for physical buttons and triggers while significantly improving ease of operation with complex datasets
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary layer of natural language processing and gesture recognition that translates human intent into data manipulation actions. This intermediary allows users to interact with complex multi-dimensional data without directly manipulating complex controls, bridging the gap between simple user actions and complex data operations
2Device complexity
If simple controllers are used for VR data visualization, then the control mechanism remains simple, but the ability to manipulate and explore complex large-scale data deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal control system where voice commands and gestures can perform multiple data manipulation functions including navigation, filtering, zooming, and analysis. A single gesture or voice command structure can adapt to different data types and operations, providing high versatility without increasing physical device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of control input from mechanical button presses to vocal and gestural parameters. Voice pitch, volume, and gesture dynamics become controllable parameters that map to data manipulation operations, enabling complex interactions while maintaining simple physical form factors
3Stability of the object's composition
If complex data is presented in traditional formats, then the data structure remains organized, but the ability to reveal hidden patterns and correlations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms complex multi-dimensional data into immersive three-dimensional visualizations that users can navigate and explore from different angles. This dimensional transformation preserves the underlying data structure while revealing hidden patterns, correlations, and insights that are invisible in traditional two-dimensional formats
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements dynamic data visualizations that respond to user gestures and voice commands in real-time. Users can dynamically filter, zoom, and reorganize data views while maintaining the integrity of the underlying data structure, allowing hidden patterns to emerge through interactive exploration rather than static presentation
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AI summary
A system and method for visualizing multiple datasets in a virtual 3-dimensional interactive environment. Multiple datasets may be related and virtually cast as 3-dimensional type structures. User interfaces, such as game controllers or headsets, may be used to present the dataset from differing perspectives including the appearance of moving through the data. Certain embodiments provide for mirror image views that allow for presentation of higher order datasets. Other embodiments provide for animation or motion indicia to show how the data is changing and the results on the display. The datasets may represent physical areas or virtual areas as well as demographic, sensors and financial information.