Context-Aware Schedule Display Using Recognized Clocks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing head-mounted displays fail to effectively integrate schedule information with the actual environment, making it difficult for users to utilize the displayed information efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A display device equipped with a schedule obtaining unit, photographing unit, recognizing unit, and display controller to associate schedule information with real objects like clocks or calendars, displaying the information in relation to their positions and times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If schedule information is displayed using a head mounted display, then the user can view schedule information, but the schedule information cannot be effectively integrated with the actual environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a photographing unit and photograph recognizing unit as intermediaries between the head mounted display and the actual environment. These units capture images of the real world and identify objects (such as clocks or calendars), allowing the display system to adapt its content based on the user's surroundings. This mediator approach enables the schedule information to be integrated with environmental context without requiring direct modification of the environment itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The display content is made dynamic by continuously capturing the user's environment and adjusting the displayed schedule information based on recognized objects. When a clock or calendar is detected in the environment, the system dynamically changes the display to show relevant schedule information, creating an adaptive interface that responds to environmental context rather than presenting static information.
2Ease of operation
If schedule information is displayed without environmental context, then the display is simple, but the information is less useful for the user
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously capturing images of the environment and pre-processing them to identify potential time-related objects. This preliminary work allows the system to be ready to provide relevant schedule information immediately when the user needs it, without requiring complex real-time processing during the actual display moment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by using the photograph recognizing unit to detect objects in the environment and use this information to adjust the display content. The system continuously monitors the environment, identifies clocks or calendars, and feeds this information back to the display controller, which then presents relevant schedule information. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enhances user utility while maintaining manageable system complexity through targeted processing.
Data Source
AI summary
In a display device 100, a photographing unit 12 is configured to photograph the surroundings of the display device 100, and the recognizing unit 16 is configured to recognize a clock 300 (a real object regarding a time or date) from a result of the photographing. When the recognizing unit 16 recognizes the clock 300, the schedule obtaining unit 11 is configured to obtain schedule information, and the display controller 17 is configured to display and output the schedule information in accordance with a position of the clock 300. In this case, since the display device 100 displays the schedule information in accordance with the position of the clock 300, the schedule information can be displayed in association with actual environment, and the schedule information can be outputted in a format that is easier to recognize the schedule information.