Wireless Headset Microdisplay for Hands-Free Remote Diagnosis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies for diagnosis and repair require users to interact with computers using traditional interfaces like keyboards, mice, or touch screens, which can be cumbersome and distract from the task at hand, especially in hands-on environments where users need to maintain focus and mobility.
Innovation Solution
A wireless hands-free video computing headset that uses microdisplays, sensors, and voice commands to provide remote or local expert guidance, allowing users to control peripheral devices and access diagnostic information without needing to look away from their work, using head or hand motions and vocal inputs to interact with expert systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional computer interfaces (keyboard, mouse, touch screen) are used for diagnosis and repair, then expert information can be accessed, but user focus is lost and mobility is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent projects the computer interface from a traditional 2D screen onto a 3D spatial environment using augmented reality overlays. Diagnostic information, expert guidance, and control interfaces are displayed as floating holographic elements in the user's field of view, allowing interaction without diverting attention from the physical workspace. This dimensional transformation enables simultaneous access to digital information and physical task performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces wearable devices (smart glasses, AR headsets) and voice recognition systems as intermediaries between the user and the diagnostic system. These intermediaries translate voice commands into system instructions and present information through auditory and visual channels that do not require manual interaction with traditional interfaces, thereby maintaining user focus on the repair task.
2Loss of information
If traditional computer interfaces are used, then diagnostic information can be displayed, but hands-free operation is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical input devices (keyboard, mouse) with voice recognition and gesture-based control systems. Diagnostic information is displayed through head-mounted displays that provide visual feedback without requiring manual operation. This substitution enables hands-free interaction while maintaining full access to diagnostic capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a multi-functional system where the wearable device serves as both a display platform for diagnostic information and a control interface through voice and gesture recognition. The system simultaneously provides information delivery and input capabilities, eliminating the need for separate traditional computer interfaces and enabling true hands-free operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users interact with traditional computer interfaces, then expert systems can be controlled, but efficiency is reduced due to interface switching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the expert system control interface with the user's physical workspace by projecting diagnostic information and control elements directly into the field of view. The control interface is integrated with the repair environment, allowing users to interact with expert systems without switching between separate devices or interfaces, thereby maintaining continuous workflow and improving efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
The present application relates to human/computer interfaces and more particularly to a wireless computing headset with one or more microdisplay devices that can provide hands-free remote control of attached or remote peripheral devices, systems and/or networks. A wireless hands-free video computing headset, and corresponding method, enabling communication with a host processor to provide the user omnipresent expertise is disclosed. The wireless hands-free video computing headset, which includes a microdisplay device to present information to the user graphically, communicates with a host processor to provide the user with an expert resource. The expert resource may take numerous forms, such as diagnostic software, or live human support. The wireless hands-free video computing headset is useful by enabling the user to focus his or her attention, and maintain his or her focus, on a physical subject by enabling hands-free control, enabling the user the ability to continuously manipulate the subject manually with his or her hands as needed.