Wearable Device Posture Feedback via Virtual Object Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable electronic devices lack an efficient method to provide real-time feedback on exercise postures, limiting user engagement and effectiveness in exercise routines.
Innovation Solution
A wearable electronic device equipped with a camera, display, communication circuitry, and processor, which obtains images of the user's body portions, compares them with designated exercise postures, and provides feedback through virtual objects displayed on the device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wearable electronic devices display virtual objects for exercise posture feedback, then user engagement and exercise effectiveness are improved, but device complexity increases due to multiple cameras and processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the feedback function into multiple components: a first camera captures body portion images, a second camera captures exercise guidance information, and the processor separately processes each stream to generate appropriate virtual object feedback. This segmentation allows complex functionality to be achieved through coordinated simpler components.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor acts as an intermediary that receives raw image data from multiple cameras, processes and compares the images against reference exercise postures, and generates appropriate virtual object feedback. This intermediary processing layer enables sophisticated posture analysis without requiring direct complex hardware connections between all components.
2Speed
If the device processes images from multiple cameras in real-time, then posture feedback responsiveness is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system processes images from multiple cameras in real-time when needed for posture feedback, but can operate in lower-power modes when not actively monitoring exercise postures. The processor selectively activates image processing only when posture comparison is required, rather than continuously processing all camera feeds.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous readiness for posture feedback by pre-loading reference exercise posture data and keeping camera streams active but low-power. When exercise monitoring is activated, the system provides immediate continuous feedback without interruption, ensuring uninterrupted exercise guidance while managing energy consumption through efficient processing cycles.
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AI summary
According to an embodiment, a wearable electronic device may comprise a camera, a display, communication circuitry, and a processor. The processor may obtain a first image captured by an external electronic device from the external electronic device through the communication circuitry, the first image including an image captured for body portions of a user wearing the wearable electronic device, obtain exercise information about designated exercise postures using the body portions, obtaining a second image through the camera, based on identifying that the user's first body portion is positioned in a field of view (FOV) area of the camera using the first image and the second image, display, through the display, a first virtual object indicating a first designated exercise posture related to the first body portion among the designated exercise postures on a first area of the second image corresponding to the user's first body portion, identify whether the first designated exercise posture matches a first posture of the first body portion of the user, display first feedback information to correct the first posture using the first virtual object, based on identifying that the first designated exercise posture does not match the first posture, and display second feedback information indicating that the first posture matches the first designated exercise posture using the first virtual object, based on identifying that the first designated exercise posture matches the first posture.