XR Remote Device Guidance for Context-Aware Input Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often face difficulties interacting with remote devices due to inaccessible user interfaces, language barriers, poor lighting conditions, or multiple devices in a scene, leading to challenges in identifying and managing interactions effectively.
Innovation Solution
An extended reality (XR) system is used to detect and map the scene, determine relevant input options for remote devices, and provide user guidance data through visual or audio cues, facilitating intuitive interactions by overlaying user interfaces on the devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If virtual content is presented for all remote devices in a scene, then users can access all device functions, but information clutter and user confusion increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and filters virtual content to display only the most relevant input options for each remote device based on context information, user preferences, and device importance, removing extraneous information that would cause clutter while preserving essential device functions
Solution Approach 2:
Different levels of detail and types of virtual content are provided for different remote devices within the same scene based on their relative importance, user interaction history, and contextual relevance, allowing critical devices to receive more detailed guidance while less critical devices receive simplified information
2Measurement precision
If detailed context information is processed for all devices, then user interaction accuracy improves, but system complexity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments context information processing by prioritizing remote devices based on their importance and relevance to the user, processing detailed context analysis for high-priority devices while using simplified processing for lower-priority devices, thereby maintaining accuracy for critical interactions while reducing overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary filtering and prioritization of remote devices and their associated context information before detailed processing, pre-identifying which devices require in-depth analysis based on user behavior patterns, device types, and scene context, thus avoiding unnecessary complex processing for all devices
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple input options are presented simultaneously, then user choice and control flexibility increase, but difficulty in identifying the correct input option increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies visual differentiation techniques to virtual content representing different input options, using variations in highlighting, color intensity, and visual prominence to distinguish between different types of inputs and guide user attention to the most appropriate option based on current context
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary filtering and prioritization layer between the multiple available input options and the user, ranking and presenting options in order of relevance based on context analysis, user preferences, and device importance, thereby mediating the complexity of multiple choices into a manageable sequence
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for presenting information associated with at least one input option. An example method can include receiving data identifying one or more input options associated with a first device in a scene; determining, including using at least one memory, information relevant to at least one of the scene, the first device, and a user associated with a second device; and based on the one or more input options and the information, output user guidance data corresponding to an input option for which relevant context information has been determined.