Wearable Fitness Feedback via External Display State Cues
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users wearing wearable devices during exercise often struggle to easily determine the state of the device without carefully looking at the screen.
Innovation Solution
A wearable device and electronic device system that provides visual, auditory, and tactile feedback corresponding to the device's state, enabling users to understand the device's status without direct screen observation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the wearable device provides only screen display for state information, then the device structure remains simple, but the user cannot easily determine the device state during exercise without carefully looking at the screen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the wearable device provides real-time state information to the user through multiple channels. The electronic device receives state information from the wearable device and displays it on a connected display device, creating a feedback loop that allows users to monitor device status without needing to look at the wearable device screen directly.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary display device (such as a smartphone or tablet) that acts as a mediator between the wearable device and the user. This intermediary displays detailed state information, allowing users to obtain comprehensive feedback without adding complexity to the wearable device itself.
2Loss of information
If the wearable device integrates multiple feedback mechanisms (visual, auditory, haptic), then user understanding of device state is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the feedback system into multiple independent components: the wearable device generates state information, the electronic device processes and formats the information, and the display device presents the information visually. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in one function, reducing overall system complexity while providing comprehensive feedback.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic device serves multiple functions: it receives state information from the wearable device, processes the data, and displays it on the screen. This multi-functionality consolidates several operations into a single device, avoiding the need for separate specialized components for each function.
3Loss of information
If the wearable device displays detailed state information on its own screen, then the user can understand device state, but the user must carefully look at the screen which disrupts exercise flow
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses an intermediary display device that the user can view without stopping their exercise. The user can glance at their phone or tablet display from a distance or peripherally, obtaining state information without needing to focus intently on a small wearable device screen, thus maintaining exercise flow while accessing information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions the display from the two-dimensional constrained screen of the wearable device to the larger display area of an external device. This dimensional change provides more space for information presentation and allows the user to view information from different angles and distances without disrupting their exercise posture or rhythm.
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AI summary
An electronic device for communicating with a wearable device applying an external force to a user. The electronic device may include a communication module configured to establish a wireless communication link with the wearable device, a display, a memory configured to store a fitness application, and a processor configured to execute the fitness application and control the display so that a screen of the executed fitness application including a first area is displayed on the display. The processor may be configured to receive first state information indicating that the wearable device is in a sensing state for sensing a motion of the user through the communication module, recognize a state of the wearable device as the sensing state according to the received first state information, and control the display to provide visual feedback corresponding to the sensing state through the first area.