Magnetic Rotation Control Component for Compact Multi-Mode Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic apparatuses such as wireless glasses, AR devices, and VR devices have limited stable and diverse human-computer interaction modes, restricting user interaction and experience.
Innovation Solution
A rotation control component comprising a housing, a rotation device, magnetic parameter detection device, and magnets, where the rotation device protrudes from the housing with a groove, and the magnetic parameter detection device detects magnetic parameters at specific positions, enabling rotation detection and control operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional interaction modes (tapping, touching, pressing buttons, gestures) are used in electronic apparatuses with volume limitations, then the device structure remains simple, but the diversity and stability of human-computer interaction modes are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The rotation control component enables a single physical component to perform multiple interaction functions including rotation detection, pressing detection, and positioning detection, allowing one component to replace what would traditionally require multiple separate controls (buttons, dials, touch zones), thereby increasing interaction diversity without proportionally increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical detection mechanisms with a magnetic detection system. Magnets are arranged on the rotation device, and a magnetic sensor detects changes in magnetic field strength to determine rotation position, pressing state, and positioning state, eliminating the need for complex mechanical switches, potentiometers, or multiple sensors
2Adaptability or versatility
If more interaction modes are added to electronic apparatuses, then user experience and functional operations are improved, but the device volume and structural complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges rotation control, pressing control, and positioning control into a single integrated rotation control component. The magnets and magnetic sensor combination allows one component to detect multiple types of user inputs (rotation direction, rotation position, pressing force, positioning state), reducing the overall space required compared to having separate control mechanisms for each function
Solution Approach 2:
The rotation device is nested within a groove of the housing, with magnets arranged on the rotation device and the magnetic sensor positioned in the housing. This nested arrangement allows the detection system to be compactly integrated within the existing device structure without requiring additional external space
3Measurement precision
If magnetic parameter detection device is used to detect rotation positions, then rotation detection precision is improved, but the device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical position detection systems (such as encoders, potentiometers, or multiple optical sensors) with a simple magnetic field detection system. By arranging magnets at specific positions on the rotation device and using a magnetic sensor to detect magnetic field strength variations, the system achieves accurate position detection with minimal mechanical complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses changes in magnetic field strength as a parameter to encode position information. Different magnet arrangements (number, position, polarity) create distinct magnetic field patterns that the sensor can detect and translate into position information, providing precise detection through physical parameter changes rather than complex mechanical structures
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution provides a stable and diverse human-computer interaction method by allowing users to control electronic apparatuses through rotation, enhancing user experience with more functional operations.
Implementation Method 1
a magnetic parameter detection device provided in the housing at a position corresponding to the rotation device, for detecting magnetic parameters corresponding to respective target rotating positions where the rotation device is rotated to
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AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a rotation control component, method, device and an electronic apparatus, the component comprises a housing, a rotation device, a magnetic parameter detection device and a preset number of magnets, wherein a target surface of the housing is provided with a groove for accommodating the rotation device, wherein the rotation device provided in the groove at least partially protrudes from the target surface, and a rotating axis of the rotation device is parallel to the target surface, wherein the magnets are arranged at intervals in a circumference direction of the rotation device, and the magnetic parameter detection device is provided in the housing at a position corresponding to the rotation device, for detecting magnetic parameters corresponding to respective target rotating positions where the rotation device is rotated to. The present disclosure uses the magnetic parameter detection device to detect changes of the magnetic parameters of the rotation device, which can detect the rotating positions corresponding to respective magnets in the rotation device, thereby achieving a rotating detection of the rotation device. Therefore, users can control the electronic apparatus by rotating the rotation device, and add a more stable and diverse human computer interaction mode to the electronic apparatus.