Wearable Device Visual Interface for Headset Call Status Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of mobile headsets experience anxiety due to the lack of a visual user interface for managing call status and control functions, particularly in loud environments where they struggle to determine microphone mute status and adjust volume.
Innovation Solution
A wearable device, such as a smartwatch, that includes a processor, output display, and wireless transceiver to synchronize with a headset, providing a visual representation of call state and allowing users to control headset functions via a user-operable control, thus offering a visual user interface for call status and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If physical buttons or voice commands are used for headset control, then the device can be operated without visual interface, but users experience anxiety and uncertainty about call status
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a wearable device (smartwatch) as an intermediary between the headset and the user. The smartwatch receives control signals from the user, transmits them to the headset via wireless communication, and displays call status information, thereby mediating the control function and information display function separately from the headset itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent moves the user interface from the headset (audio dimension) to the wearable device (visual dimension). By displaying call status icons and controls on the smartwatch screen, the system adds a visual dimension to the traditionally audio-only headset interface, allowing users to see call status while wearing the headset.
2Adaptability or versatility
If control functions are integrated into the headset firmware, then voice commands can be implemented, but users still cannot visually confirm call status in loud environments
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device serves as an intermediary that captures the wireless communication between headset and phone, extracts call status information, and presents it visually. This allows the system to maintain the headset's voice command capabilities while adding visual status detection through the wearable device's display.
3Device complexity
If no visual interface is provided on the headset, then the headset design remains simple, but users miss critical information during calls
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the user interface functions from the headset to a separate wearable device. The headset maintains its simple audio-focused design, while the wearable device handles visual display and control functions, allowing users to access call status information without complicating the headset's design.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable device serves multiple functions: it displays call status information, provides control interfaces for headset functions, and acts as a remote control. This multi-functional approach allows the simple headset design to gain enhanced capabilities through the versatile wearable companion device.
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AI summary
A wearable device includes an output display device, a transceiver, a user-operable control, and a processor. The transceiver is configured to communicate over a wireless link with a phone. The processor is configured to generate a control signal in response to an operation of the user-operable control. The processor is also configured to cause the transceiver to transmit, over the wireless link, the control signal. In addition, the processor is configured to receive, via the transceiver and over the wireless link, a notification of a status change at a headset based on the control signal. Furthermore, the processor is configured to cause the output display device to indicate the status change at the headset based on the control signal. The headset is in wireless communication with the phone.