Dual-Button Dental Camera for Ergonomic Jaw Observation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional dental diagnosis devices using cameras face challenges such as inaccurate patient observation due to reliance on naked-eye reflection, discomfort in posture for dentists, and communication interference in wireless connections, along with the need for additional components and channel separation.
Innovation Solution
A camera apparatus with top and bottom buttons for easier manipulation, allowing independent or simultaneous button operations for camera control, featuring a communication unit for seamless wireless communication and a display for channel connection state, power state, and battery status, enabling comfortable observation and efficient image transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single photographing button is formed on the diagnosis device, then the device structure is simple, but the dentist experiences discomfort and posture problems when alternating between upper and lower jaw observations
Solution Approach 1:
The single photographing button is segmented into two separate buttons positioned on opposite sides of the device body. This allows the dentist to operate different buttons for upper and lower jaw photography respectively, eliminating the need to twist the arm or change posture frequently, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining reasonable device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The button positioning moves from a single-location constraint to a multi-dimensional arrangement on opposite sides of the device. This spatial distribution in different dimensions allows the dentist to access appropriate buttons based on the photographing target (upper or lower jaw) without compromising device structural simplicity
2Adaptability or versatility
If wireless communication is used for image transmission, then additional components and channel separation are required, but wired connection requires communication lines and power lines for each main body
Solution Approach 1:
The diagnosis device is designed with universal wireless communication capability that can connect to multiple main bodies without requiring additional wired components. The device uses a single wireless communication module that can switch between different channels and main bodies, providing adaptability while avoiding the complexity of multiple wired connections and power lines for each main body
Data Source
AI summary
There are provided an apparatus and method for photographing an object. An apparatus for photographing an object using top and bottom buttons includes: a head part including a camera; a connection part coupled to the head part and extended in a length direction thereof, and having a first button for manipulating the camera on an extension line in the length direction from a formation position of the head part and a second button for manipulating the camera formed on a surface opposite to the first button; and a body part including a power source means coupled to the connection part and supplying power to the camera, and a display means displaying a state of the camera or a power state.