Connected Watch Emotional State Display Overlap Avoidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Connected watches lack a seamless method to continuously inform users of each other's emotional states, relying on notifications that may not effectively convey emotional information without user intervention.
Innovation Solution
A system and method where two connected watches pair to exchange emotional notifications, with one watch dynamically displaying a graphical representation of the other user's emotional state on its watch face, avoiding overlap with other graphical objects, using bio-information sensors and a server for data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If connected watches display notifications and alerts, then users can receive information about events, but the watches cannot effectively convey emotional information without user intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The watch system automatically detects and displays emotional state information without requiring user intervention. The bio-information sensors continuously monitor physiological data, and the system autonomously generates and displays emotional state representations on the watch face, eliminating the need for users to manually input or interpret emotional information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a feedback loop where bio-information sensors continuously monitor physiological parameters, process this data to determine emotional states, and display the results on the watch face. This continuous feedback mechanism keeps users informed of their emotional states without requiring active user input or intervention.
2Loss of information
If the watch face displays multiple graphical objects including emotional representations, then information density increases, but graphical objects may overlap reducing visibility
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the display configuration by detecting the position and characteristics of existing graphical objects on the watch face. When an emotional state representation needs to be displayed, the system identifies suitable locations that avoid overlap with other graphical elements, ensuring clear visibility while maintaining high information density.
Solution Approach 2:
The system resolves potential overlaps by utilizing spatial arrangement in two dimensions, carefully positioning emotional state representations relative to other graphical objects. By optimizing the distribution of graphical elements across the watch face surface, the system maintains both high information density and visual clarity without requiring additional depth or layering.
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AI summary
A method for keeping a first user and a second user continuously informed of each other's emotional state, the method comprising the following steps: - pairing (102), a first connected watch (2a) of the first user with a second connected watch (2b) of the second user; - receiving (116), by the second connected watch (2b), an emotional notification comprising a graphical representation relating to an emotional state of the first user; and - displaying (120) on a watch face of the second connected watch (2b), constituted of first and second regions, of the graphical representation on this first region, and indicating a current time in this second region, wherein the first region occupies a display area of a display of the second connected watch (2b), this step of displaying comprising a sub-step of dynamically positioning (121) the graphical representation in the first region by avoiding an overlapping between this graphical representation and at least one graphical object in this first region