Digital Imagery Display Locket with Wireless Image Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional lockets can only hold a limited number of images and require intricate manual labor to change them, limiting the ability to keep multiple important individuals' images and being time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A digital imagery display locket with a housing, display, processor, memory, and wireless transceiver that allows for easy image uploading and switching, using a capacitive touchscreen interface and wireless communication via Bluetooth, enabling interaction and charging through various means.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional lockets are used to hold images, then the jewelry and keepsake aspects are retained, but the number of images is limited to one or two and changing images requires intricate manual labor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manually inserting and securing physical images in traditional lockets with a digital system. A display device embedded in the locket shows digital images, and a wireless communication module enables automatic transfer of images from mobile devices, eliminating the need for manual labor to change images.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses digital copies of images instead of physical photographs. The display device renders digital image data, allowing multiple images to be stored and displayed without the physical constraints of traditional lockets. Images can be copied wirelessly from external devices to the locket's memory.
2Ease of operation
If traditional lockets are used to hold images, then the jewelry aspect is maintained, but changing images is time-consuming and may require professional jeweler services
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the time-consuming mechanical process of manually changing physical images with an automated digital system. The wireless communication module enables automatic transfer of images from mobile devices to the locket, and the display device automatically shows the transferred images, reducing the time required to change images from potentially requiring professional services to a simple wireless transfer operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the locket to perform image changing operations autonomously. The wireless communication module automatically receives images from paired mobile devices, and the display device automatically displays them without requiring user intervention or professional assistance, making the image changing process self-service oriented.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional lockets are used, then sentimental importance is maintained, but the ability to keep images of multiple important individuals is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the locket multi-functional by combining traditional jewelry functions with digital imaging capabilities. The locket not only serves as a decorative piece but also as a digital photo frame and wireless communication device, enabling it to display multiple images of different important individuals while maintaining its jewelry aspect.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from the two-dimensional physical constraint of holding only one or two physical photographs to a digital dimension where multiple images can be stored and displayed. The display device enables presentation of multiple images in various arrangements, and the wireless communication module enables transfer of numerous images from external devices, effectively adding a digital dimension to the image storage capability.
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AI summary
A digital imagery display locket includes a locket case having a housing and an openable cover attached to the housing, a display configured to display digital imagery on the display secured to the housing and configured to be covered by the cover in a closed position, a processor disposed in the housing and configured to communicate with the display, a memory disposed in the housing and configured to store data used by the processor to create the digital imagery on the display, and a wireless transceiver disposed in the housing and configured to wirelessly receive the data and to communicate the data to the processor.