Capacitive Smart Label for Dynamic Product Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current advertising methods, such as using salesmen or electronic displays, are costly and wasteful, and fail to provide users with interactive, dynamic audio-visual information about products without distracting non-interested individuals.
Innovation Solution
A Smart Label System that uses electronic circuitry to generate and modulate an AC electric field, detecting user proximity and transmitting object information via capacitive coupling, allowing for dynamic audio-visual interaction without the need for salesmen or continuous displays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If scanning devices or smartphones are used to gather product information, then users can obtain product information, but the user's focus is taken away from the product and the procedure becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of electrodes, electronic circuitry, and communication devices that act as a mediator between the product and the user. This intermediary system captures user attention through audio-visual means while maintaining proximity to the product, thus resolving the contradiction between information access and operational simplicity
2Loss of information
If salesmen are employed to provide product information, then users can obtain detailed information, but the cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service information provision through automated electronic circuitry that detects user proximity and provides product information autonomously without requiring human salesmen. The electronic display and audio-visual components serve themselves to provide information, eliminating the need for costly human labor
3Loss of information
If electronic displays with advertisements are kept on during the entire day, then product information is continuously available, but electricity and resources are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs periodic action by activating electronic displays and audio-visual components only during specific periods when a user is detected in proximity. The electronic circuitry continuously monitors for user presence and triggers information display only when needed, rather than operating continuously throughout the day, thus reducing energy waste while maintaining information availability
4Loss of information
If electronic displays are used to advertise products, then product information is provided, but non-interested individuals are annoyed and resources are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms through user detection capabilities using electrodes and electronic circuitry. The system receives feedback about user presence and interest level, and adjusts its information provision accordingly. This feedback loop ensures that information is provided only to interested users who are in proximity, preventing nuisance to non-interested individuals while maintaining effective information dissemination
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to interact with products in a dynamic audio-visual manner, providing relevant information only when interested, reducing costs and resource wastage while maintaining user proximity.
Implementation Method 1
a first electrode connected to energizer to distribute the modulated AC electric field over its surface... and at-least one second electronic circuitry capacitively coupled with first electronic circuitry
Implementation Method 2
a second electrode capacitively coupled with first electrode and user to sense the modulated AC electric field altered by the presence of one or more users
Implementation Method 3
a first energy converter connected to second electrode to convert the modulated AC electric field received from the second electrode into DC electric energy
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a system for storing information related to one or more objects and transmitting the object information to one or more users. The system includes first electronic circuitry, second electronic circuitry and third electronic circuitry. The first electronic circuitry interacts with one or more users and one or more objects. The second electronic circuitry capacitively coupled with first electronic circuitry and transmits the object information to the users via capacitive coupling. The third electronic circuitry capacitively coupled with first electronic circuitry via one or more users. The system further transmits the user related object information to one or more output devices.