Sensor-Based Accessibility Settings for User Characteristics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computers are not typically configured to meet the needs of children, elderly, and individuals with disabilities, as they often struggle to adjust settings due to visual, hearing, or motor impairments, or language barriers, leading to inadequate access to content.
Innovation Solution
A device with sensors, such as cameras and microphones, that detect user characteristics and adjust accessibility settings, including font size, audio representation, zoom, closed captioning, and language conversion, to enhance content presentation for users with disabilities or specific needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If computer settings are configured for standard users, then device complexity is minimized, but accessibility for users with disabilities deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects user characteristics through sensors (camera, microphone) and autonomously configures accessibility settings without requiring user intervention. The device serves itself by identifying disabilities and adjusting settings like font size, audio output, and closed captioning automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection of user characteristics before content presentation begins. By using sensors to identify disabilities in advance, the system pre-configures appropriate accessibility settings before the user needs them, ensuring immediate accessibility without requiring post-detection adjustments.
2Adaptability or versatility
If accessibility settings are manually adjusted for each user, then accessibility is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects user characteristics through sensors (camera, microphone) and autonomously configures accessibility settings without requiring user intervention. The device serves itself by identifying disabilities and adjusting settings like font size, audio output, and closed captioning automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment of settings with automated sensor-based detection and software-driven configuration. Instead of physically adjusting settings through menus and controls, the system uses cameras and microphones to detect disabilities and automatically applies appropriate accessibility configurations through software.
3Adaptability or versatility
If sensor-based detection is implemented, then adaptability to user needs is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses multi-functional sensors (camera and microphone) that serve both traditional purposes and disability detection functions. The camera not only captures images but also detects visual impairments through analysis of user interactions, while the microphone serves both audio input and detection of hearing impairments through voice pattern analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects user characteristics through sensors (camera, microphone) and autonomously configures accessibility settings without requiring user intervention. The device serves itself by identifying disabilities and adjusting settings like font size, audio output, and closed captioning automatically.
Data Source
AI summary
In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive input from at least one sensor, identify a characteristic of a user based on the input from the at least one sensor, and alter at least one setting of the device based on the identification of the characteristic. The at least one setting is related to presentation of content using the device.