Interactive 3D Portrait With Audio Identity for Visual Impairment
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for 3-D printed portraits that can identify individuals with visual impairments through audible identity indicators.
Innovation Solution
A 3-D printed face is attached to a panel, equipped with an input sensor and a means for sound generation, which plays an audible identity indicator when activated, using a software-generated rendition of a subject's face, encompassing features from the top of the head to underneath the chin and including facial features like the forehead, eyes, nose, and mouth.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a 3-D printed portrait is created without additional components, then the device complexity is low, but it cannot provide audible identity indicators for visually impaired individuals
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a 3-D printed portrait with electronic components (input sensor, sound generation means) into a single integrated device. The sensor is positioned to detect contact with the portrait, and the sound generation means plays audible identity indicators, merging tactile visual identification with auditory feedback for visually impaired users.
Solution Approach 2:
The 3-D printed portrait serves multiple functions: it maintains its traditional visual identification function while simultaneously providing tactile feedback through its three-dimensional form and auditory feedback through integrated sound generation, making it accessible to both sighted and visually impaired individuals.
2Adaptability or versatility
If sensory components are added to the 3-D printed portrait, then the accessibility for visually impaired individuals is improved, but the ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into distinct functional modules: the 3-D printed portrait component, the input sensor component, and the sound generation component. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured separately using optimized processes, then assembled into the final accessible device.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies the traditional portrait by adding electronic parameters (sensor sensitivity, sound frequency, volume) to the physical structure, enabling the same base design to serve both visual and auditory identification needs through adjustable parameters.
3Manufacturing precision
If the software-generated rendition includes comprehensive facial features, then the manufacturing precision of the 3-D printed face is improved, but the amount of data and printing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The software-generated rendition creates a three-dimensional digital model from two-dimensional source images, adding depth and spatial information. This 3-D modeling enables precise reproduction of facial features in multiple dimensions, capturing comprehensive anatomical details for high-fidelity printing.
Solution Approach 2:
The software generates and refines the complete 3-D facial model before the printing process begins, allowing for preliminary optimization of the digital geometry, error checking, and print path planning, which reduces actual printing complexity and ensures manufacturing precision.
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AI summary
This invention relates to 3-dimensional portraits. In various aspects, the articles of manufacture comprise a 3-D printed face, an input sensor and a means for sound generation. In various aspects, the articles of manufacture comprise a 3-D cast face, an input sensor and a means for sound generation. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing the disclosed 3-dimensional portraits. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.