Wearable Chorded Input Mode Switching Across Applications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Chorded data entry devices are typically optimized for a single application, limiting their utility across different applications due to configuration and optimization interference, which restricts their operational flexibility and effectiveness in multiple use scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A wearable data entry system with sensors, processors, and transmitters that can dynamically switch modes based on stored mode values, allowing for adaptable operation across various applications by adjusting detection, decoding, and transmission protocols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the data entry device is configured and optimized for a particular application, then the performance for that application is improved, but the utility for other applications is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic reconfiguration of the data entry device by switching between different operational modes (e.g., language input mode, music production mode, gaming mode). Each mode has optimized detection parameters, decoding algorithms, and transmission protocols tailored to specific applications. The device can dynamically adjust its configuration based on the active mode, allowing it to maintain high performance for the current application while retaining adaptability to switch to other applications when needed.
2Device complexity
If the device uses a fixed detection and decoding configuration, then the operation is simplified, but the device cannot support multiple applications effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal data entry device capable of functioning across multiple applications by implementing a mode-switching architecture. The device includes multiple detection configurations, decoding algorithms, and transmission protocols that can be activated based on the selected mode. This allows a single device to serve multiple purposes (language input, music production, gaming, etc.) without requiring separate specialized devices for each application.
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AI summary
A wearable data entry system includes a plurality of sensors corresponding to respective fingers of a user's hand, which are worn on the user's hand and generate respective signals representative of contact by one or more fingers against an arbitrary surface. A processor detects which fingers contacted the arbitrary surface by analyzing the signals during a data collection period and generates data indicating which fingers contacted the arbitrary surface during the data collection period, and a transmitter transmits information corresponding to the fingers that contacted the arbitrary surface to an external device, using a predetermined protocol. The wearable data entry system includes a memory that stores a mode value, and at least one of (i) the detecting by the processor and (ii) the predetermined protocol used by the transmitter, depends on the stored mode value.