Remote Controller Finger Detection for Dark Environment Button Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing television remote controllers with densely packed buttons are difficult to navigate in dark environments, especially for users with poor eyesight or the elderly.
Innovation Solution
A remote controller equipped with an image signal acquisition unit, control unit, and sending unit to detect the position of a user's finger on the operating surface and send this information to a display terminal, allowing the user to view the corresponding button position on a display screen, even in low light conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If buttons are densely distributed on the remote controller, then the remote controller can provide more control functions, but it becomes difficult for users to quickly find the desired button in dark environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a display terminal as an intermediary device that receives finger position information from the remote controller and displays the corresponding button position and function information. This mediator bridges the gap between the user's finger and the actual button, allowing users to see what button they are pressing without needing to visually locate the button on the remote itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by displaying real-time information about which button is being pressed on the display terminal. The display shows the button position and function information based on finger position detection, providing immediate feedback to the user about their input, which helps users understand which button they are operating even in dark environments.
2Adaptability or versatility
If buttons are densely distributed on the remote controller, then more control functions are available, but the complexity of the operating surface increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the complexity visualization from the two-dimensional remote controller surface to the display terminal screen. By projecting button position and function information onto a separate display dimension, the system allows the remote controller to maintain a compact, dense button layout while the display terminal handles the presentation of complex information in a larger, more readable format.
3Device complexity
If the remote controller uses traditional button design, then the structure is simple, but users with poor eyesight or the elderly have difficulty finding buttons in dark environments
Solution Approach 1:
The display terminal serves as an intermediary that compensates for the limitations of simple button design. While the remote controller maintains its simple structure, the display terminal provides visual assistance by showing users which button is being pressed, effectively bridging the gap between simple hardware design and user accessibility needs.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to quickly and accurately identify the desired button on the remote controller, facilitating easier control of devices like televisions in dark environments.
Implementation Method 1
an image signal acquisition unit, used for acquiring an image of the operating surface of the remote controller
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides a remote controller and a remote control display system, which can solve the problem that desired buttons cannot be quickly found when the existing remote controller is used in a dark environment. The remote controller of the present invention comprises: an image signal acquisition unit, used for acquiring an image of an operating surface of the remote controller; a control unit, used for determining the position of a user's finger on the operating surface of the remote controller according to the image acquired by the image signal acquisition unit, to obtain finger position information; and a first sending unit, used for sending the finger position information output by the control unit to a display terminal.