Clothing Camera Assembly with Integrated Magnetic Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of action cameras that can seamlessly integrate into clothing without the need for clips or additional accessories, limiting their convenience and versatility.
Innovation Solution
A camera assembly is designed to be worn on clothing, featuring a camera body with magnets and pins that magnetically couple to a rear plate inside the clothing, allowing secure attachment and optional wireless charging, along with additional features like a microcontroller, battery, memory card, and Lidar scanner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If clips or additional accessories are used to attach the camera to clothing, then the camera can be securely attached, but the integration is not seamless and requires additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The magnet and pin mechanisms are integrated directly into the camera body structure, merging the attachment function with the camera housing itself. This eliminates the need for separate clips or accessories, achieving seamless integration while maintaining secure attachment capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera body is designed to perform multiple functions: capturing images and simultaneously providing attachment functionality through integrated magnet cavities and pin cavities. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate accessories and achieves versatile clothing integration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the camera is designed to integrate seamlessly into clothing without clips, then the integration is cleaner, but the secure attachment mechanism becomes more challenging to implement
Solution Approach 1:
The traditional mechanical clip system is replaced with a magnetic coupling system. Magnets embedded in the camera body interact with ferromagnetic materials in the clothing fabric, providing secure attachment through magnetic force rather than mechanical clamping, achieving both seamless integration and reliable attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment mechanism utilizes magnetic field strength as the key parameter to achieve secure attachment. By controlling the magnetic force parameters and the ferromagnetic properties of the clothing material, reliable attachment is achieved without visible clips or mechanical components.
3Adaptability or versatility
If magnets are integrated into the camera body for wireless charging and attachment, then additional features are enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The magnet cavities serve dual purposes: providing magnetic attachment to clothing and enabling wireless charging functionality. This multi-functionality allows the same structural elements to support both attachment and power transfer, reducing overall device complexity despite adding advanced features.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless charging magnets and attachment magnets are integrated into the same cavity structures in the camera body. This merging of functions into shared structural elements minimizes the increase in device complexity while enabling both wireless charging and secure attachment capabilities.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables a seamless and secure integration of a camera into clothing, enhancing convenience and versatility while providing optional wireless charging and advanced features like Lidar scanning.
Implementation Method 1
At least one rear plate magnet is arranged into the at least one rear plate magnet cavity and magnetically coupled to the at least one front plate magnet
Data Source
AI summary
A camera assembly is configured to be worn on clothing. The camera assembly has a camera body further comprising at least one camera lens arranged against a front plate. At least one front plate magnet cavity and at least one front plate pin cavity are arranged on the front plate. At least one front plate magnet is arranged into the at least one front plate magnet cavity. At least one pin is arranged into the at least one front plate pin cavity. A rear body is configured to be arranged inside of the clothing. A rear plate is joined to the rear body. At least one rear plate magnet cavity and at least one rear plate pin cavity are arranged on the rear plate. The pin is inserted into the at least one rear plate pin cavity joining the camera body to the clothing.