Remote Control Case With Tactile Boundaries for Screen-Free UAV Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles, ground vehicles, and ships are cumbersome and difficult to use accurately, especially when relying on touchscreen controls, leading to user fatigue and imprecise control due to the need to constantly monitor the screen for correct touch positions.
Innovation Solution
A remote control case with integrated physical controllers and a magnet system that mounts on an electronic device, allowing intuitive control without constant screen monitoring, featuring distinct tactile boundaries and guides for precise manipulation, and automatically activating a flight application when correctly positioned.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a separate remote controller is used for manipulating unmanned aerial vehicles, then control precision is improved, but portability deteriorates due to the big and heavy remote controller
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the remote control functionality with a portable electronic device (smartphone or tablet) that the user already carries. The case integrates physical controllers with the electronic device's display and processing capabilities, eliminating the need for a separate heavy remote controller while maintaining control precision through tactile physical controls.
2Weight of moving object
If a flight application is used on the electronic device screen, then portability is improved, but control precision deteriorates due to difficulty in precise control by touching the screen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates distinct tactile zones on the case surface with different textures and elevations. The controllers have raised boundaries and varied surface textures that provide tactile feedback, allowing users to precisely identify control areas without visual confirmation, thereby improving control precision while maintaining portability.
3Weight of moving object
If touch control on screen is used, then portability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to user fatigue from checking touch position and vehicle movement simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The case provides pre-defined physical control areas with tactile boundaries that guide finger placement before operation. The raised edges and textured surfaces prepare the user's sense of position in advance, eliminating the need to visually check touch positions during operation, thereby reducing fatigue and improving ease of operation.
4Measurement precision
If the case includes distinct controller boundaries and tactile features, then control precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The case is segmented into distinct functional zones with clear tactile boundaries. Each controller area is separated by raised edges and different surface textures, creating easily distinguishable control regions. This segmentation improves control precision while keeping the overall case structure simple and integrated with the electronic device.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances portability and reduces user fatigue by enabling intuitive and precise control of unmanned vehicles without constant screen attention, while protecting the device and improving control accuracy through tactile feedback and automatic application activation.
Implementation Method 1
a hall IC detecting, through a magnet disposed in the remote control case, that the remote control case is mounted on a front surface of the electronic device
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a remote control case and an electronic device including the same, the remote control case comprising: a cover unit for covering at least a part of a front surface of the electronic device; a first grip unit integrally formed with a first cross sectional surface of the cover unit, and extended in a first direction of the cover unit so as to have a predetermined area; and a second grip unit integrally formed with a second cross sectional surface of the cover unit, and extended in a second direction of the cover unit so as to have a predetermined area, wherein the cover unit comprises a first control unit having a predetermined shape and a first boundary line, and a second control unit having a predetermined shape and a second boundary line, so as to enable the remote control case to be normally mounted on the back surface of the electronic device and carried, and to be mounted on the front surface of the electronic device so as to be used for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle, an unmanned ground vehicle, an unmanned ship, and the like, when the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned ground vehicle, the unmanned ship, and the like are controlled, such that convenience of portability is provided to a user and boundary characteristics of a physical area (for example, a height difference, a central protruded part, a boundary line, a guide protruded part, an inclined surface, and the like) for controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned ground vehicle, the unmanned ship, and the like, are provided to the first and second control units, thereby enabling the user to intuitively control, without continuously staring at a screen, the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned ground vehicle, the unmanned ship, and the like. Other various embodiments are possible other than the various embodiments provided in the present invention.