Wearable Gesture Threshold Adjustment for Biometric Variability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable devices struggle to effectively guide and adjust gesture recognition thresholds based on user biometric information, leading to suboptimal performance and user experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and method that includes a display for guiding reference gestures, identifying gestures out of a threshold range, and adjusting the threshold range based on user input, using sensors and processors to enhance gesture recognition accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If fixed threshold ranges are used for gesture recognition, then device complexity is reduced, but gesture recognition accuracy deteriorates when user biometric information changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic threshold ranges that automatically adjust based on user biometric information such as heart rate and body temperature. The threshold is no longer fixed but changes adaptively to match the user's physiological state, thereby maintaining high gesture recognition accuracy across different conditions without requiring complex manual calibration mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors user biometric data and uses this feedback to adjust the gesture recognition thresholds in real-time. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures that the thresholds remain optimal despite changes in user physiology, resolving the contradiction between maintaining accuracy and avoiding complex adjustment mechanisms
2Measurement precision
If gesture recognition thresholds are adjusted dynamically, then gesture recognition accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gesture recognition system performs self-adjustment by automatically calibrating thresholds based on its own monitoring of user biometric information. The system serves itself by detecting physiological changes and autonomously modifying recognition parameters without requiring external intervention or complex control systems
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operational parameters of the gesture recognition system by dynamically modifying threshold values based on biometric data. This parameter adaptation allows the system to maintain high accuracy across varying physiological conditions while using straightforward implementation logic that does not significantly increase device complexity
3Adaptability or versatility
If standard threshold ranges are used for all users, then ease of operation is maintained, but adaptability to individual user biometrics deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically adapts to each user's biometric characteristics without requiring manual setup or configuration. It performs self-calibration by monitoring physiological data and adjusting thresholds accordingly, thereby achieving high adaptability while maintaining ease of operation as the process occurs automatically in the background
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary adaptation by pre-adjusting thresholds based on initial biometric scanning upon user enrollment. This preliminary action establishes personalized baseline thresholds that automatically accommodate individual user characteristics, eliminating the need for complex setup procedures while ensuring high adaptability from the first use
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AI summary
According to an embodiment, a method performed by an electronic device includes displaying, via a display of the electronic device, a screen for guiding performance of a reference gesture via a part of body of a user on which a wearable device connected to the electronic device is worn. The method includes, while the screen is displayed, identifying that at least one value related to a gesture of the user, obtained via the wearable device, is out of a threshold range related to the reference gesture. The method includes, based on identifying that the at least one value related to the gesture of the user is out of the threshold range, displaying, via the display, a visual object for guiding to change the threshold range. The method includes, according to an input related to the visual object, changing the threshold range.