Display-Free Wearable Intent Disambiguation in Object-Laden Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computing devices, particularly those without display capabilities, struggle to provide effective computer-implemented services in object-laden environments due to limited information gathering capabilities, leading to reduced service quality and relevance.
Innovation Solution
A display-free body wearable computing device with integrated sensors and interaction components, including cameras and microphones, worn on the user's head, disambiguates user intent by identifying multimodal request events, guiding user movements, and clarifying object selection through sensory feedback and user interaction to enhance information provision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a computing device is made display-free and wearable on the user's head, then the device's portability and hands-free operation are improved, but the device's ability to provide effective computer-implemented services in object-laden environments deteriorates due to limited information gathering capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the information gathering function into multiple independent sensor components (cameras, microphones, other sensors) that work together to compensate for the absence of a display. This segmentation allows the device to maintain hands-free operation while improving information gathering through distributed sensing capabilities across multiple modalities.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable computing device incorporates multiple sensors that serve universal functions - cameras capture visual information, microphones capture audio information, and other sensors gather additional environmental data. This multi-functionality allows the display-free device to compensate for the lack of visual feedback by gathering information through multiple channels, resolving the contradiction between portability and information gathering capability.
2Device complexity
If the computing device remains stationary, then the device's structural simplicity is maintained, but the device's ability to provide relevant services in complex environments deteriorates due to fixed positioning
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions the device from a stationary configuration to a dynamic wearable configuration that moves with the user. By wearing the device on the user's head, the system gains dynamic positioning capabilities that allow it to adapt to different environments and maintain relevance in complex, object-laden settings while keeping the overall system architecture relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable device acts as an intermediary between the user and the complex environment. It captures multimodal data (visual, audio, other sensor information) and processes it to provide relevant services, serving as a mediator that simplifies the interaction between the user and complex environments while maintaining adaptability through its mobile positioning.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for facilitating use of a display free body wearable computing device in an object laden environment are disclosed. The method may include identifying an occurrence of a multimodal request event from a user of the display free body wearable computing device and for information regarding an object of objects present in the object laden environment. The method may also include disambiguating an intent of the user with respect to the object from other objects. To do so, the display free body wearable computing device may actively guide the user to establish a framed object view of at least the object, obtain user input relevant to a prompt for information, and in an instance where a subject for the prompt is not disambiguated, clarifying the subject with the user.