Single action sensory prompt interface utilising binary state time domain selection protocol
AssigneeCuro Interactive Incorporated
InventorPaul M. Toupin
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Abstract
A sensory prompted protocol for the manipulation of complex devices such as consumer electronic devices without the necessity of the visual feedback via textual or graphic data on a graphical user interface, wherein the binary state sensor functions change with time rather than placement, so that a user action biases a binary state input, which is correlated to a timed data stream, the correlation indicating the desired action selected by the user.
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A sensory prompted interface device using a time domain multiple selection protocol for operating an electric product, the interface device comprising:
- a processor and cooperating memory,
- a sensory broadcaster cooperating with said processor, said sensory broadcaster adapted to broadcast a sequenced series of sensory prompts,
- a binary state sensor for receiving only a binary input from a user, said binary input for binary biasing of said binary state sensor in response to a prompt of said series of sensory prompts,
- a timing reference cooperating with said processor, said processor correlating said response to said prompt with a corresponding time domain within a sequential series of time domains,
- said processor correlating said time domain with said prompt and executing an action corresponding to said prompt according to an instruction set in said memory.
A sensory prompted interface method using a time domain multiple selection protocol for operating an electric product, the interface method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a processor and cooperating memory,
- b) providing a sensory broadcaster cooperating with said processor, wherein said sensory broadcaster is adapted to broadcast a sequenced series of sensory prompts,
- c) providing a binary state sensor adapted to only receive a binary input from a user, said binary input for binary biasing of said binary state sensor in response to a prompt of said series of sensory prompts,
- d) prompting said user for said input,
- e) providing a timing reference cooperating with said processor and generating a sequential series of time domains,
- f) correlating in said processor said in put in said response to said prompt with a corresponding time domain within said sequential series of time domains,
- g) correlating in said processor said time domain with said prompt, and
- h) executing an action corresponding to said prompt according to said instruction set in said memory.
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