【CNMO News】Where is the innovation direction of notebooks? Up to now, the configuration of the notebook computer is generally good enough, the appearance and some other designs are basically the same, who has a unique product force, it is really difficult to say. But now, Huawei seems to be going to throw out another killer design after multi-screen collaboration - ultrasonic control, which sounds full of black technology, and a little bit of future technology really shines into reality.
On December 15, Huawei officially released the new product warm-up information, before that, there was news that "Huawei notebooks will support ultrasonic control", which triggered a heated discussion in the industry and the majority of netizens for a time. For the "interactive innovation" thing, in fact, Huawei has long been familiar with the road, such as the air gesture control on mobile phone products can already achieve air sliding screen, answering calls and other operations; later Huawei launched the multi-screen collaboration function, in some sense is also an "interactive" level of innovation, users can control the mobile phone through the computer, so that multi-screen content is gathered on a screen, so that the interactive process is concentrated on one screen, so as to better learn and work. So what about ultrasonic manipulation? This requires us to understand the technical principles and applications of ultrasonic waves.
Ultrasonic waves are mechanical waves produced by vibration, with frequencies above 20KHz, while the frequency that our human ear can hear is 20Hz-20KHz, so we cannot hear ultrasonic waves. It is precisely because of the extremely high frequency that ultrasonic waves are widely used in high-end medicine, industry, semiconductors, optics, petroleum, aerospace and other fields. In daily life, circuit inspection, substance processing, cleaning, medical examination, industrial automation control, human-computer interaction, etc. will have the practical application of ultrasonic, such as some ultrasonic cleaning machine cleaning glasses that we often see in daily life.
The use of ultrasound in human-computer interaction is actually difficult for ordinary people to access, especially consumer-grade applications, which are currently very few. As early as MWC2019, Elliptic labs demonstrated its practical application of ultrasonic gesture recognition technology, which can realize contactless operation of mobile phones and smart devices at a distance, which is very sci-fi. The technical principle is that the device integrates sensors and emits ultrasonic waves through the speakers, and the sound waves rebound after touching the user's palm, and the microphone collects these echoes to sense the gesture, thus realizing the control of the device.
And Huawei took the lead in using ultrasonic technology in notebook products this time, what special functions will it bring? Referring to the previous application, the bold guess that Huawei should exert force in the direction of global control, such as screenshots, information selection, page turning control, video playback control, sound control, etc., the purpose of which is to de-mouse, innovate the interaction method, and let more people experience the charm of technology. As a new patent of Huawei, "ultrasonic control" technology will also promote the popularization of ultrasonic technology to mass consumption scenarios with the landing of notebook terminals.
It is not difficult to see that the upcoming Huawei notebook will be the strongest flagship product of the year, and the technology and experience will usher in a major upgrade. Of course, the price is also likely to hit a new high, the current Huawei MateBook X Pro series is Huawei's most high-end notebook products, and the implementation of ultrasonic technology will further increase the market position of Huawei notebook products, which may make Huawei notebook prices hit a new high. Let's look forward to the official announcement of this futuristic notebook, I believe there will be no small surprises to bring to you.