Personalized drinking cup with fingerprint reader
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a high risk of germ transmission due to mistakenly picking up and using someone else's drinking cup in social settings, leading to the spread of common cold, virus, or flu, as individuals often realize their mistake after exposure.
Innovation Solution
A personalized drinking cup equipped with a fingerprint reader in the lid or handle, allowing only the cup's owner to access and use the mouthpiece by reading their fingerprint, thereby preventing unauthorized use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a fingerprint reader is added to the cup lid or handle, then the reliability of preventing unauthorized use is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fingerprint reader is integrated into the cup lid or handle structure, merging the biometric authentication function with the existing cup components. This consolidation reduces the need for separate authentication devices while maintaining the reliability of preventing unauthorized use.
Solution Approach 2:
The fingerprint reader acts as an intermediary mechanism between the user and the mouthpiece, controlling access through biometric verification. This mediator ensures that only authorized users can open the mouthpiece, thereby improving reliability without requiring complex mechanical locking systems.
2Ease of operation
If a fingerprint reader is integrated into the cup, then the ease of operation for authorized users is improved through automatic recognition, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fingerprint reader enables self-service authentication by automatically recognizing the authorized user's fingerprint without requiring manual intervention or complex authentication procedures. The system serves itself by comparing the scanned fingerprint against stored biometric data, simplifying the user interaction while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The mechanical or manual authentication methods are replaced with a biometric fingerprint recognition system. This substitution eliminates the need for physical keys, codes, or manual verification processes, thereby improving ease of operation while the electronic components are integrated into the existing cup structure to minimize overall complexity increase.
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AI summary
A personalized drinking cup assembly comprises a lid which includes a mouthpiece, and includes a fingerprint reader located thereon to enable the user to access and use the mouthpiece to drink from the cup. In some embodiments the cap comprises a top portion and a side wall extending perpendicularly therefrom, and the fingerprint reader is located on the side wall. In some embodiments, the cap further comprises a handle, on which the fingerprint reader is located. In use, the user utilizes the fingerprint reader in order to access the mouthpiece for drinking from the cup. Once the fingerprint reader is read and the user is identified as the owner or authorized user of the cup, the mouthpiece will be opened for consumption thereby.