Touch Gesture Control for Side-Looking Sonar Field of View
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sonar systems require complex and non-intuitive user interactions for adjusting operating and display parameters, making it difficult for users to effectively interpret and manipulate side-looking sonar imagery, which is crucial for navigation and underwater exploration.
Innovation Solution
A touch-screen controlled sonar system that utilizes swipe gestures to adjust the field of view and render sonar data intuitively, incorporating sensors like orientation and position sensors, gyroscopes, and accelerometers to provide flexible and user-friendly control over side-looking sonar imagery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional sonar systems use traditional control interfaces, then they provide comprehensive sonar functionality, but they require complex and non-intuitive user interactions for adjusting operating and display parameters
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical control interfaces (buttons, knobs, switches) with a touch screen display that responds to gesture inputs. This substitution allows users to interact with the sonar system through intuitive touchscreen gestures rather than complex mechanical controls, directly reducing user interaction complexity while maintaining comprehensive sonar functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic display views that automatically adjust and reorient sonar imagery based on the watercraft's motion and orientation. The system dynamically transforms sonar data presentation to match user gestures and vehicle orientation, making the interface more intuitive and easier to operate without requiring complex manual adjustments
2Ease of operation
If conventional sonar systems provide comprehensive sonar functionality, then they produce high quality sonar imagery, but they require difficult and non-intuitive steps to adjust operating and display parameters
Solution Approach 1:
The touch screen interface replaces difficult-to-use mechanical controls for parameter adjustment with intuitive gesture-based controls. Users can adjust operating and display parameters through natural touchscreen gestures, making parameter adjustment easier while maintaining the system's ability to produce high quality sonar imagery through preserved functional capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The touch screen display serves multiple functions simultaneously: displaying sonar imagery, accepting user gestures for parameter adjustment, providing navigation information, and controlling various sonar operations. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate controls into a single universal interface, easing operation while maintaining comprehensive sonar functionality
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AI summary
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide touch screen side-scan sonar adjustment for mobile structures. A side-scan sonar adjustment system includes a user interface with a touch screen display and a logic device configured to communicate with the user interface and a side-scan sonar system. The user interface is configured to receive and/or display side-scan sonar data provided by the side-scan sonar system. The logic, device is configured to determine a horizontal swipe gesture rate component performed on the touch screen display, stretch the displayed image in accordance with the swipe gesture, and snap to a new field of view in accordance with current field of view and swipe length information. The user interface and logic device may be integrated together to form a multifunction display used to power and/or supply side-scan sonar transmission signals to the side-scan sonar system.