Wireless Device Gesture Detection Using Ear Press Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless devices require manual operation for managing incoming messages, which can be cumbersome, especially in situations requiring discretion, and lack efficient methods for filtering and responding to messages from multiple communication standards.
Innovation Solution
A wireless device system that uses sensors and touch input data to detect position changes and specific gestures, such as a human ear press, to automatically identify and respond to messages, combining multiple inputs into a single summary and allowing automatic filtering and response based on predefined rules and user configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual operation is used to manage incoming messages, then users can control each message individually, but the operation becomes cumbersome and time-consuming, especially in situations requiring discretion
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically filtering, summarizing, and managing incoming messages without requiring manual user intervention. The wireless device autonomously processes messages from multiple communication standards, identifies important information, and presents summarized content for user review, thereby eliminating the need for manual operation of each message while maintaining user control over important communications.
2Reliability
If users review all incoming messages after a meeting, then they can attend to each item separately, but the process requires extra time to select or deny options and navigate between messages
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple messages from different communication standards (voicemail, email, SMS) into a single summarized message. The processor combines the content of multiple incoming messages and presents a consolidated summary to the user, allowing them to review all important information in one location without navigating between separate message interfaces, thereby reducing the time required while maintaining complete awareness of all communications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically filtering, analyzing, and summarizing messages before they are presented to the user. The processor pre-processes incoming messages during the meeting period, identifies key information, and prepares a summarized overview in advance, so that when the user reviews messages after the meeting, they immediately see the consolidated important information without needing to manually sort through individual messages.
3Extent of automation
If the device detects specific gestures like ear press, then automatic message response can be initiated, but the system complexity increases with multiple sensors and gesture recognition
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by using the existing touchscreen display for multiple functions: it serves as both the user interface for normal operation and as a sensor for gesture detection. The touchpad detects the specific pattern of touch input data corresponding to a human ear being pressed against it, and this same hardware is used for normal messaging operations. This eliminates the need for separate dedicated gesture sensors while enabling automatic message response functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
Wireless device gesture detection and operational control comprises identifying a first position of the device based on a sensor reading of at least one sensor operating as part of the device. The method may also include identifying a change in the device's position to a second position that is different from the first position, and receiving a specific pattern of touch input data on a touch pad of the device, the specific pattern of touch input data identified as a predefined object which corresponds to dimensions of a human ear being pressed against the touch pad and changing a current operating state of the device to a different operating state based on a comparison and detection operation.