Mobile Device Gesture Mapping for Interactive Public Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Interactive public systems often have unique and complex functionalities that can be difficult for users to navigate, especially when they are unfamiliar with the systems, and mobile computing devices have not been effectively integrated to enhance user interaction with these systems.
Innovation Solution
A method where a mobile computing device learns a user's typical inputs and assigns them to pre-defined gestures, allowing the device to communicate with interactive public systems to perform specific operations, thereby providing a more intuitive and personalized interaction experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If interactive public systems include specialized and varying functionality for each system, then the systems can perform a vast array of operations, but new users find it difficult to interact with these systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling a mobile computing device to serve as a universal remote control for multiple different interactive public systems. The system allows users to control various specialized devices (ticket dispensers, information kiosks, etc.) using a single mobile device with pre-defined gestures, eliminating the need to learn each system's unique interface while maintaining access to their specific functionalities.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile computing device acts as an intermediary between the user and the interactive public systems. It receives pre-defined gestures from the user, translates them into appropriate operations for the target system, and transmits control signals accordingly. This mediator approach simplifies user interaction while preserving the specialized functionality of each remote system.
2Ease of operation
If interactive public systems limit their functionality to provide easier interaction, then new users can interact more easily, but the systems cannot perform a vast array of operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a new dimension to the control architecture by introducing a mobile computing device as an intermediate control layer. This additional dimension allows the system to maintain simple gesture-based interaction at the user interface level while accessing complex functionality through the mobile device's processing and communication capabilities, effectively separating ease of use from functional depth.
3Adaptability or versatility
If mobile computing devices interact with interactive public systems, then users can utilize the entire functionality of the remote device, but the interaction is limited and less than intuitive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the interaction parameters by replacing complex system-specific button presses and navigation sequences with simple, intuitive pre-defined gestures on the mobile device. The system maps these gesture parameters to corresponding remote device operations, changing the interaction mode from system-dependent to gesture-universal while maintaining full functional access.
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AI summary
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for enabling use of external devices with pre-defined gestures. A method may include receiving operation information from a remote device, wherein the operation information indicates at least one operation that may be invoked by the remote device. The method may further include associating, by a processor, at least one pre-defined gesture with the at least one operation. The method may further include receiving user input. The method may further include determining that the user input corresponds to the at least one pre-defined gesture. The method may further include causing transmission of indication information to the remote device, wherein the indication information provides an indication to the remote device to perform the at least one operation associated with the pre-defined gesture. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.