Wearable Device Gesture Control via UWB Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional remote controls for household devices lack advanced functionality, such as network connectivity and gesture or voice control, leading to user dissatisfaction and the adoption of alternative solutions like streaming sticks or smartphone apps, which are inconvenient and costly.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a wearable device and a network-enabled device that uses ultra-wideband positioning to enhance remote control functionality, allowing users to control devices through gestures, voice commands, and haptic feedback by sending command signals based on user inputs detected by the wearable device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional remote controls are used, then basic control functionality is provided, but advanced functionality such as network connectivity and gesture control is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a wearable device with gesture detection capabilities and a network-enabled device with ultra-wideband positioning and remote control functionality into a unified system. This merging allows the system to provide advanced features like gesture-based control and network connectivity while maintaining a relatively simple individual device structure, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable device serves multiple functions: it detects gestures through orientation detection circuitry, communicates with the network-enabled device, and enables various control modes (gesture control, voice control, haptic feedback). This multi-functionality increases adaptability without requiring separate specialized devices, thus improving versatility while managing complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional devices like streaming sticks or smartphone apps are added to enhance functionality, then control capabilities are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functionality of multiple separate devices (gesture detector, remote control, positioning system) into an integrated wearable-network enabled device system. This consolidation provides enhanced control capabilities without requiring users to manage multiple separate devices, thus improving versatility while reducing the number of devices needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable device is designed with universal functionality that enables it to perform gesture detection, communication, and control operations that would otherwise require multiple specialized devices. This multi-functionality allows a single wearable device to replace or supplement traditional remote controls, streaming sticks, and smartphone apps, reducing overall system complexity.
3Measurement precision
If ultra-wideband positioning is implemented, then positioning accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces ultra-wideband positioning technology as an intermediary mechanism between the wearable device and the network-enabled device. This intermediary provides accurate positioning data that enables the system to determine when the wearable device is within proximity of the controllable device, achieving high measurement precision while managing complexity through specialized positioning circuitry.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables enhanced control of household devices with improved user interaction, eliminating the need for additional devices and providing a cost-effective, convenient solution for extending remote control functionality.
Implementation Method 1
a position of the wearable device within an area which is determined based on signals received by an ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver of the wearable device from UWB positioning devices installed in the area
Implementation Method 2
the determination that the user has oriented the wearable device in the particular direction is based on signals output by orientation detection circuitry of the wearable device
Data Source
AI summary
Features described herein generally relate to enhancing functionality of electronic devices. Particularly, a notification is received from a wearable device that includes a position of the wearable device within an area, a determination is made that the wearable device is located within a predetermined distance from a controllable device, a graphical user interface page that includes buttons is sent to the wearable device, an indication that a button of the buttons has been activated is received from the wearable device, and a command signal that includes an instruction is sent to the controllable device. In this way, functionality of electronic devices can be extended with wearable devices.