Wrist-Wearable In-Air Gesture Control Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable devices have limited input methods, primarily relying on voice commands or touchscreen interactions, which are inefficient and lack coordination between different input methods, resulting in a slow and cumbersome user experience.
Innovation Solution
The systems and methods allow users to control electronic devices using touchless inputs, such as in-air hand gestures, and coordinate multiple input methods, including voice commands, to enhance efficiency and usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If touchless inputs and multiple input methods are added to wearable devices, then input efficiency and user experience are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device integrates multiple input methods (voice commands, touchscreen, touchless gestures) into a single universal input system. The processor coordinates these different input sources through a common framework, allowing the device to perform various input functions without requiring separate systems for each method, thus improving efficiency while managing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple input methods (voice, touch, touchless) into a unified input coordination system. The processor merges these different input streams and coordinates them together, allowing seamless transitions between input types and reducing the overall system complexity by providing a single coordinated interface rather than separate independent systems.
2Ease of operation
If coordination between multiple input methods is implemented, then user experience is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary classification and routing of input methods before full processing. The processor identifies the type of input (voice, touch, touchless) and pre-coordinates the appropriate handling routines, preparing the system in advance for the specific input method detected. This reduces processing complexity during actual input handling by having coordination rules ready beforehand.
Solution Approach 2:
The input coordination system uses feedback mechanisms to manage processing complexity. The processor monitors the state of different input methods and adjusts coordination based on feedback from sensors and system state, optimizing the coordination process dynamically rather than using fixed complex rules, thereby improving user experience while managing processing requirements.
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AI summary
Systems and method for controlling an electronic device using a worn wrist-wearable device are disclosed. A method includes detecting, by a wrist-wearable device worn by a user, an in-air gesture performed by the user. The wrist-wearable device is communicatively coupled with one or more electronic devices. The method includes, in response to a determination that the in-air gesture is associated with a control command (i) determining an electronic device of the one or more electronic devices to perform the control command, and (ii) providing instructions to the electronic device selected to perform the control command. The instructions cause the electronic device to perform the control command. The method further includes providing an indication via the wrist-wearable device and/or the one or more electronic devices that the control command was performed.