Multi-Segment Wearable Accessory Gesture Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users carry multiple mobile terminals to access various functionalities, which is cumbersome and distracting, as they need to manage and safeguard each device from damage, and existing solutions do not efficiently utilize context-dependent functionality.
Innovation Solution
A multi-segment wearable accessory that uses inertial measurement unit sensors to determine changes in angle via touch inputs, allowing execution of operations based on gestures such as fold-in, fold-out, pinch-in, and pinch-out, enabling context-dependent functionality without the need for multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users carry multiple mobile terminals to access various functionalities, then functionality coverage is improved, but device management complexity and user distraction increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple mobile terminal functionalities into a single wearable accessory with multiple segments. Each segment can be independently manipulated to access different functions, merging what would traditionally require multiple separate devices into one integrated wearable system.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable accessory is designed to provide multiple functionalities through a single device. Different segments of the wearable can perform different operations (messaging, media control, notifications, etc.), making one device universal enough to replace multiple specialized terminals.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users carry multiple mobile terminals, then functionality coverage is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to needing to manage and safeguard each device
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple terminal functionalities into one wearable accessory, the user only needs to manage and safeguard a single device instead of multiple separate terminals, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining comprehensive functionality coverage.
3Device complexity
If existing solutions do not efficiently utilize context-dependent functionality, then device simplicity is maintained, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable accessory dynamically adapts its functionality based on context. Different gestures (fold-in, fold-out, pinch-in, pinch-out) and segment manipulations trigger different operations, allowing the device to respond dynamically to user context and intentions rather than requiring complex menus or settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters based on detected gestures and segment configurations. By monitoring physical manipulations of the wearable segments and translating them into different functional modes, the system efficiently utilizes context-dependent functionality while maintaining relative device simplicity.
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AI summary
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the use of a multi-segment wearable accessory. In this regard, methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for controlling and, in some instances, interacting with a multi-segment wearable accessory. In particular, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided that provide for a determination of an initial angle defined between first and second segments in response to receipt of an initial contact component of a touch input via the first and second segments. A change in the initial angle can then be determined in response to movement of the segments with respect to each other, and an operation may be executed at least partially based upon the change in the initial angle determined. Thus, a continuous input parameter may be supplied by a user so as to provide another dimension of input to the wearable accessory.