Wearable Optical Head-Mounted Display for Media Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users find it cumbersome and time-consuming to interact with media content processing devices, such as set-top boxes and televisions, due to the complexity of traditional hand-held remote control devices.
Innovation Solution
A wearable computer system with an optical head-mounted display is used to detect user interaction and establish a remote control session with media content processing devices, allowing users to control applications through eye movements, voice commands, and touchpad gestures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional hand-held remote control devices are used to interact with media content processing devices, then users can control applications and navigate menus, but the interaction becomes cumbersome and time-consuming due to device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical hand-held remote control system with an optical-based wearable computer system. The wearable device uses cameras and image processing to detect eye movements and head positions, substituting physical button presses with optical tracking of natural human behaviors. This eliminates the need for complex mechanical remote controls while providing more intuitive interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a remote control management system as an intermediary between the wearable computer and the media content processing device. This intermediary manages the communication protocols, authentication, and control signal transmission, simplifying the interaction model while maintaining compatibility with existing devices and applications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If hand-held remote control devices with multiple buttons and functions are used, then users can access various application features, but interaction becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable computer system pre-processes control commands by continuously tracking eye movements and predicting user intent. The system anticipates navigation directions and prepares control signals in advance, reducing the time required for interaction while maintaining full application control capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses visual copying of the display screen content through the transparent display of the wearable device. Users can see both the screen content and the wearable interface simultaneously, allowing them to control applications without losing context or requiring multiple steps, thus reducing interaction time while maintaining versatility.
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AI summary
An exemplary method includes a remote control management system detecting that a user wearing a wearable computer system that includes an optical head-mounted display is looking through the optical head-mounted display at a display screen associated with a media content processing device, determining, in response to the detecting, that the media content processing device is executing an application that is controllable by the wearable computer system, determining that the user is authorized to interact with the application being executed by the media content processing device, and establishing, in response to the determining that the media content processing device is executing the application and the determining that the user is authorized to interact with the application, a remote control session between the wearable computer system and the application. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.