Dynamic Communication Device Settings via Physiological Activity State
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current smartphones lack the ability to dynamically adjust settings based on the user's physiological state or location, leading to potential embarrassment due to inappropriate settings during activities like meetings or conferences.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize wearable devices to capture physiological parameters such as wrist pulse, SPO2, temperature, ECG, body vibrations, and GPS to determine the user's activity state, allowing configuration of rules and events to modify device settings, such as silent or loud modes, in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If smartphones provide various capabilities to keep users updated, then information accessibility is improved, but users cannot dynamically adjust settings based on their physiological state, leading to potential embarrassment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, heart rate monitor, GPS) into an integrated physiological monitoring system within the smartphone. This merging approach enables comprehensive activity state detection while managing system complexity through unified hardware and software architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The smartphone is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a communication device and a physiological monitoring system. The same device uses its existing sensors for both standard operations and activity state detection, making the system versatile without requiring entirely separate hardware.
2Ease of operation
If smartphones remain always on for information updates, then information accessibility is improved, but battery consumption increases and settings cannot be dynamically modified
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts smartphone settings based on real-time physiological data. Instead of static configurations, the device automatically modifies its operational state (silent mode, screen brightness, connectivity) according to detected activity states such as sleeping, exercising, or meeting, optimizing energy usage based on user needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors physiological parameters and uses this feedback to automatically adjust settings. The closed-loop control mechanism detects changes in heart rate, movement patterns, and location, then responds by modifying device behavior accordingly, reducing unnecessary energy consumption while maintaining usability.
3Reliability
If users manually change settings during meetings or conferences, then appropriate device behavior is achieved, but users may forget to change settings resulting in embarrassment
Solution Approach 1:
The smartphone automatically detects meeting situations through physiological sensors (stillness detection, heart rate monitoring) and location data, then self-adjusts settings without user intervention. The device serves itself by recognizing contextual states and applying appropriate configurations, eliminating the need for manual settings changes and preventing embarrassment from forgotten adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system proactively detects potential meeting situations before the user needs to manually adjust settings. By monitoring physiological states and location patterns, the device prepares and applies appropriate settings in advance, ensuring the smartphone is already in the correct state when the meeting begins.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a system for dynamically modifying settings of a communication device based on an activity state of a user of the communication device. A data capturing module captures values corresponding to a plurality of physiological parameters associated to a plurality of activity states of a user. The values may be captured by using one or more wearable devices worn by a user. A configuration module enables the user to configure one or more rules and one or more events, to be triggered, corresponding to each of the one or more rules for modifying settings of the communication device. An activity state determining module determines an activity state, in real-time, from the plurality of activity states. An event triggering module triggers an event, of the one or more events, based on a rule configured corresponding to the activity state in order to dynamically modify the settings of the communication device.