Wearable Breathing Guide with Rotating Feedback Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals face challenges in committing to longer-term mindfulness practices like breathing exercises due to lack of guidance, tangibility of progress, and engagement issues related to stress and time constraints.
Innovation Solution
A wearable device system that guides breathing through a breathing pattern using a non-rotating body and a rotating body, equipped with sensors and actuators to provide haptic, audio, or visual feedback, helping users follow specific breathing patterns based on their physiological and positional data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If digital applications and community studios are used to promote mindfulness practices, then awareness and accessibility of mindful practices improve, but commitment to longer-term practices deteriorates due to lack of guidance and engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device provides real-time feedback through haptic actuators that guide breathing patterns, and through position sensors that track rotation of the breathing guide. This continuous feedback loop maintains user engagement and ensures proper technique, addressing the commitment issue by making progress tangible and immediately reinforcing through sensory feedback.
Solution Approach 2:
The device monitors the user's own physiological state (heart rate, breathing rate) and automatically adjusts breathing guidance accordingly. The physiological sensor and position sensor work together to create a self-regulating system that adapts to the user's needs without requiring external guidance, fostering long-term independent practice.
2Device complexity
If breathing exercises are performed without visual displays, then device simplicity and portability improve, but user guidance and engagement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces visual display mechanisms with haptic actuation and tactile feedback through the breathing guide itself. The actuator provides tactile cues through the rotating element that users can feel, eliminating the need for screens or visual interfaces while maintaining clear guidance through touch and proprioception.
Solution Approach 2:
The breathing guide serves as an intermediary between the electronic control system and the user's sensory system. It translates electronic signals into tactile sensations and rotational movements that guide breathing without requiring visual interpretation, bridging the gap between simple hardware and effective user guidance.
3Measurement precision
If multiple sensors and actuators are integrated into the wearable device, then breathing guidance accuracy and personalization improve, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The breathing guide serves multiple functions: it is a structural component of the device, a tactile feedback element through which actuators transmit vibrations, a rotational element tracked by position sensors, and a direct interface with the user's breathing. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components and simplifies manufacturing while maintaining high guidance accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the breathing guide, actuator interface, and sensor reference frame into a single integrated rotating assembly. This merging of functions into unified components reduces part count and assembly complexity while enabling precise coordination between multiple sensors and actuators for accurate personalized breathing guidance.
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AI summary
The disclosure provides methods, systems and devices for guiding breathing of a wearer through a breathing pattern. The system includes a wearable device with a non-rotating body and a rotating body, the rotating body configured to rotate about the non-rotating body, a position sensor coupled to the wearable device, a physiological sensor in communication with the wearer configured to detect at least one physiological parameter of the wearer, an actuator, a guiding element in communication with the actuator and configured to provide one or more guiding signals to the wearer, and a controller in communication with the actuator, the physiological sensor and the position sensor. The controller includes an input unit, a processing unit and an output unit for transmitting an output signal to the actuator to actuate the guiding element to provide one or more guiding signals to the wearer to guide the wearer through the breathing pattern.