MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE WITH DATA COGNITION SOFTWARE

• US 20160057230A1
• Filed: 08/19/2014
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Todeschini, Erik, Hussey, Robert Michael, Crimm, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 11,546,428 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10712 Fixed beam scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1404 Methods for optical code recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A mobile computing device enabled by a customizable data cognition layer (DCL) software program to convert input information from a variety of sensors into real-time contextual messages is disclosed. The DCL software incorporates customizable software components known as plug-ins to expand the use of the mobile computing device.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device comprising:

a user-interface (UI) system comprising (i) input sensors for capturing input information and (ii) a visual display for displaying digital images and contextual messages;

a memory for storing a data cognition layer (DCL) software program;

a communication module for transmitting and receiving information to and from a remote device; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the UI system, the memory, and the communication module, the processor configured for executing the DCL software program to (i) receive the input information from the input sensors, (ii) recognize the input information, (iii) transform the input information into information elements, (iv) convert the information elements into contextual messages, and (v) transmit the contextual messages to the UI system for display.

2. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the DCL software program comprises (i) software plug-ins for creating contextual messages from the input information and (ii) a plug-in manager software for coordinating the execution of the software plug-ins and the software plug-in communication.

3. The mobile computing device according to claim 2, wherein the plug-in manager software facilitates the exchange of information between the software plug-ins.

4. The mobile computing device according to claim 2, wherein the contextual message comprises a combination of outputs from software plug-ins.

5. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the user-interface system'"'"'s input sensor comprises a digital camera.

6. The mobile computing device according to claim 5, wherein the visual display'"'"'s digital images comprise real-time video images of the digital camera'"'"'s field of view.

7. The mobile computing device according to claim 6, wherein the visual display'"'"'s digital images comprise the contextual messages superimposed over the real-time video images.

8. The mobile computing device according to claim 7, wherein the user-interface system'"'"'s input sensor comprises a touch screen, and the input information comprises multi-touch gesture information.

9. The mobile computing device according to claim 5, wherein the input information comprises barcode information.

10. The mobile computing device according to claim 5, wherein the input information comprises a user'"'"'s behavior.

11. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the contextual messages comprise prompts requesting a user response.

12. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the user-interface system'"'"'s input sensor comprises a barcode scanner, and the input information comprises barcode information.

13. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the user-interface system'"'"'s input sensor comprises a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and the input information comprises location information.

14. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the user-interface system'"'"'s input sensor comprises a real-time locating system (RTLS) device, and the input information comprises location information.

15. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the user-interface system'"'"'s input sensor comprises a microphone and the input information comprises voice information.

16. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the user-interface system'"'"'s input sensor comprises an eye-tracking device (ETD) and the input information comprises eye information.

17. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device is worn by a user.

18. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the remote device is a database storage system.

19. A mobile computing device comprising:

a user-interface (UI) system comprising (i) at least one input sensor for capturing input information and (ii) a visual display with a touch screen for displaying images and generating touch information in response to a touch;

a memory for storing a local data cognition layer (DCL) software program;

a communication module for facilitating communication between the mobile computing device and a cloud data cognition layer (DCL) software program executed by a remote computing device connected to the mobile computing device via a network;

a processor connected to the UI system, the memory, and the communication module, the processor configured for executing the local DCL software program to (i) receive the input information and touch information from the UI system'"'"'s input sensors and touch screen, (ii) communicate the input information and touch information to the cloud DCL software program via the communication module, (iii) receive contextual messages from the cloud DCL software program via the communication module, and (iv) transmit the contextual messages to the UI system'"'"'s visual display.

20. The mobile computing device according to claim 19, wherein the input sensor is a digital camera and the input information is a video stream of real-time images of the camera'"'"'s field of view.