Wearable Camera Gesture Control Lens Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable cameras require minimal intervention and disturbance for capturing images or videos, necessitating a compact design with reduced physical buttons and the need for gesture-based control to facilitate seamless operation.
Innovation Solution
A wearable camera system that includes a camera lens capable of monitoring hand gestures to activate image or video capture, featuring a movable lens for adjusting perspective and incorporating a communication module for wireless data transfer, with a perspective transformation unit to reduce parallax errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the wearable camera is minimized in size to facilitate portability, then the form factor is improved, but the number of physical buttons must be reduced which worsens the ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical button systems with a gesture recognition system using the camera lens to detect hand gestures. This substitution eliminates the need for physical buttons while maintaining operational control, directly resolving the contradiction between miniaturization and ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary gesture recognition system that mediates between the user and the camera controls. Hand gestures serve as the intermediary mechanism, allowing users to operate the camera without direct physical contact with buttons, thus enabling miniaturization while preserving operational ease
2Device complexity
If physical buttons are reduced on the wearable camera, then the device complexity is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes mechanical button structures with an optical gesture recognition system. The camera lens detects hand gestures to control camera functions, replacing complex mechanical button assemblies with a simpler optical sensing mechanism, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The gesture recognition system allows the device to interpret and respond to natural user gestures without requiring physical interfaces. The system serves itself by using the camera's existing imaging capability for both its primary function and for gesture detection, reducing overall device complexity
3Ease of operation
If the camera lens monitors forward proximity to detect hand gestures, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the camera lens multi-functional by using it for both image capture and gesture detection. This universal application of the existing lens component avoids adding separate sensing hardware, thereby improving ease of operation through gesture control while minimizing the increase in device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the gesture recognition function with the existing camera imaging system. By combining these functions into a single integrated system rather than adding separate components, the ease of operation is enhanced while the increase in device complexity is minimized
Data Source
AI summary
A wearable camera is provided comprising: a housing; and a camera lens supported by the housing and configured to capture an image or video. When the wearable camera is worn on a user's body, the camera lens is configured to monitor the forward proximity of the user's upper body in order to capture or sense a hand gesture by the user, and is configured to transition to capture the image or video in response to the hand gesture