Head-Mounted Display Control From User Location and Activity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable electronic devices lack the ability to effectively control head-mounted display devices based on user activity and location within designated spaces, limiting the functionality and relevance of augmented reality information provided.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with GPS and communication modules identifies the user's location and activity within a designated space, performs clustering on communication signals to determine the zone, and sends commands to a head-mounted display device to provide relevant augmented reality information based on pre-trained usage patterns.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wearable electronic devices provide augmented reality information based only on image-based analysis, then the device complexity is reduced, but the relevance and functionality of the provided information is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple data sources including GPS location data, communication signal information, user activity data, and image-based analysis into a unified control system. This merging of diverse information sources enables the head-mounted display to provide highly relevant augmented reality information by considering the user's complete context rather than relying on a single data type.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic device performs multiple functions using a single integrated system: it tracks user location via GPS, analyzes communication signals to determine zones, monitors user activity, processes image data, and generates comprehensive control commands for the head-mounted display. This multi-functional approach increases information relevance without proportionally increasing device complexity.
2Measurement precision
If the electronic device performs clustering on communication signal information to identify zones, then the measurement precision of user location is improved, but the loss of time for processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device performs clustering on communication signal information in advance to pre-identify zones within the designated space. By preparing zone information beforehand based on GPS location and communication signals, the system reduces real-time processing requirements when generating augmented reality content, thus minimizing time loss during actual operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors user location, activity, and communication signals, using this feedback to dynamically adjust and refine zone identification. This ongoing feedback mechanism allows the device to maintain high measurement precision while optimizing processing efficiency through iterative improvements rather than exhaustive real-time analysis.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device integrates GPS, communication modules, and activity monitoring to control head-mounted displays, then the functionality is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the control system into distinct functional modules: GPS location identification, communication signal analysis, user activity monitoring, image processing, and command generation. Each module handles a specific aspect of data collection or processing, which organizes the complexity into manageable segments and enables independent optimization of each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic device acts as an intermediary between multiple data sources (GPS, communication modules, activity sensors, image processors) and the head-mounted display. This mediator role allows the system to integrate diverse inputs and translate them into coordinated control commands, managing the complexity of multi-component interaction through a centralized control architecture.
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AI summary
An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a GPS module, a communication module, a memory, and a processor. The processor according to an embodiment may be configured to identify, using the GPS module, that the electronic device has entered a designated space. The processor according to an embodiment may be configured to receive first communication signal information on a communication signal received by a wearable electronic device, from the wearable electronic device through the communication module. The processor according to an embodiment may be configured to identify a first zone in which the wearable electronic device is located, among a plurality of zones included in the designated space by performing clustering on the first communication signal information. The processor according to an embodiment may be configured to transmit information on the first zone to the wearable electronic device through the communication module. The processor according to an embodiment may be configured to, based on transmitting the information on the first zone, obtain information on first activity of a user related to the first zone from the wearable electronic device through the communication module. The processor according to an embodiment may be configured to obtain a first command for controlling a head mounted display (HMD) device, based on the first activity information and the information on the first zone. The processor according to an embodiment may be configured to transmit the first command to the HMD device through the communication module. Various other embodiments are also applicable.