Visual Control Interface for Wireless Device Link Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in identifying and managing connections between multiple electronic devices in their environment, as existing methods require navigating individual device settings menus, which can be cumbersome and unintuitive.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with a display system and control circuitry that presents the user's environment, identifies external devices, and allows intuitive control through touch or gesture inputs to establish or break wireless connections between devices, using innovative techniques such as image recognition, ultra-wideband communications, and computer-generated display elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users navigate to settings menus on each individual device to manage connections, then they can identify and control device connections, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a camera-based visual interface as an intermediary between the user and device connection settings. Instead of navigating through multiple device settings menus, the system captures images of devices in the environment, overlays connection status information, and allows users to manage connections through intuitive visual interactions with the captured images, significantly reducing the time and complexity of connection management
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the traditional menu-navigation mechanical system with a visual image-based interaction system. By using camera captures and overlay graphics, the system substitutes the step-by-step menu drilling process with direct visual selection and control, making the connection management process more efficient and user-friendly
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple electronic devices are present in the user's environment, then device functionality and connectivity options increase, but identifying and managing connections between devices becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex connection management task into visual components by capturing images of individual devices in the environment. Each device appears as a distinct element in the captured image, allowing users to identify and manage connections with each device separately through visual selection, thereby reducing the overall complexity of managing multiple device connections
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses color-coded overlay elements on captured device images to indicate different connection statuses and device types. This visual coding system allows users to quickly understand the connectivity state of multiple devices without complex menus, making it easier to manage connections in environments with many electronic devices
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AI summary
An electronic device may include a display system and control circuitry. The user's environment may be presented on the display system. The environment on the display system may be a captured image of the environment, may be the actual real world viewed through an optical combiner, or may be a completely virtual image representing the environment. The control circuitry may gather information about external electronic devices in the user's environment, including determining a type and location of each external electronic device and a status of wireless communications links between external electronic devices. The display system may overlay computer-generated display elements onto the user's environment to indicate the status of wireless communications links between the external electronic devices. In response to touch or gesture input, the control circuitry may send control signals to the external electronic devices to establish or break wireless communications links between external electronic devices.