Touch Glove Indirect Control via Capacitive Finger Touch
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing complexity and size of smart devices, particularly wearable devices, make direct control inconvenient, especially during activities like walking or other hand-use scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A touch glove with a contact area, touch areas, a control module, and a signal transmission module that allows indirect contact control over smart devices by generating and transmitting control signals through capacitive touch devices and wireless communication, enabling control without direct device interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If mobile phones are used to control smart devices, then control functionality is achieved, but operation convenience deteriorates due to larger device size and inability to use during activities like walking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a touch glove as an intermediary device between the user and smart devices. The touch glove contains touch sensing areas that detect finger touches and convert them into control signals transmitted wirelessly to smart devices, eliminating the need to directly hold or interact with the smart device itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces direct mechanical interaction with smart devices using wireless communication technology. The touch glove captures touch inputs mechanically and converts them into electrical signals that are transmitted via wireless communication (e.g., Bluetooth) to control smart devices, substituting the need for direct physical contact.
2Ease of operation
If direct contact with smart devices is used for control, then control precision is maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates during activities like walking or when hands are occupied
Solution Approach 1:
The touch glove serves as a mediator that allows users to control smart devices without direct contact. The glove's touch sensing areas detect finger movements and transmit control signals wirelessly, enabling operation during walking or when hands are occupied with other tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch glove provides universal control capability for multiple smart devices through wireless communication, allowing a single glove to interface with various devices (smartphones, tablets, smart home devices) without requiring device-specific interfaces or direct contact with each device.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates convenient and integrated control over multiple smart devices using finger movements alone, even in blind operations, enhancing user experience by eliminating the need for direct device handling.
Implementation Method 1
each touch area is connected with the control module, and is for generating and transmitting a touch signal to the control module when the touch area is touched by the contact area
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides a touch glove and smart wearable system, wherein a contact area, at least one touch area, a control module and a signal transmission module are disposed on the glove body; when the touch area is touched by the contact area, a control signal is generated and transmitted to a corresponding smart device, controlling it to perform a corresponding operation. Thus, control over the smart device may be achieved by only making one part of the touch glove touch another part without directly contacting the smart device, which is especially convenient when the smart device is inconvenient to be directly contacted; meanwhile operations over a plurality of smart devices may be integrated into the touch glove, control over each smart device may be achieved by only moving fingers instead of moving the smart device and the arms, and even blind operation may be achieved without using eyes.