Motion-Stabilized Touch Zones for Accurate In-Motion Input

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Solution Overview

Problem

Touch screens in motion environments suffer from inaccuracy, latency, jitter, unintended touches, and reduced usability due to vehicle or user movement, leading to inaccurate and erratic touch inputs, especially in critical applications like cockpits and automobiles.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a motion stabilization model that adjusts and normalizes touch zones based on stabilized positions, using sensors and algorithms to correct for motion, ensuring accurate touch detection and integration into scene rendering, thereby stabilizing touch inputs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If touch screens are used in motion environments, then the device can be operated during movement, but touch input accuracy deteriorates due to vehicle or user movement

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperability during motionVSAvoidtouch input accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses motion sensors to detect device movement and provides feedback by adjusting touch zone positions in real-time to compensate for motion, maintaining accurate touch input detection despite device movement

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically changes the parameters of touch zones (position, size, shape) based on detected motion parameters, adapting the touch control system to motion conditions while preserving input accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If touch zones are adjusted for motion compensation, then touch input accuracy improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetouch input accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces motion sensors as an intermediary component that detects device movement and enables the touch zone adjustment mechanism, managing the complexity through a dedicated sensing layer

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements dynamic adjustment of touch zones based on real-time motion detection, allowing the touch control system to adapt to motion conditions while maintaining manageable complexity through algorithmic control

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If motion stabilization is implemented, then unintended touches are reduced, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetouch input reliabilityVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary motion detection and preemptively adjusts touch zones before erroneous touches occur, preventing unintended inputs while maintaining efficient processing through advance preparation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12493382B2Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for motion stabilized touch control
Publication Date: 2025.12.09 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for motion stabilized touch control. Reference data comprising one or more stabilized positions for one or more touch points corresponding to one or more touch zones associated with a touch screen device may be generated using a motion stabilization model. One or more touch zones may be adjusted based on the stabilized positions by transmitting-computer executable-instructions configured to cause the one or more touch zones to be aligned with the one or more stabilized positions. One or more touch detection models associated with the touch screen device may be updated by tuning the one or more touch detection models to learn the stabilized positions. One or more dimensions of the one or more touch zones may be recalibrated by adjusting a size of at least one of the one or more touch zones.