Eyeglasses Wearable Terminal Biometric Concentration Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
In large factories, workers wearing wearable terminals like eyeglasses-type devices face distractions from incoming calls while concentrating on tasks, leading to decreased work efficiency, as managers often rely on speech communication to give instructions, which disrupts the workers' focus.
Innovation Solution
A management system that includes eyeglasses-type wearable terminals equipped with biometric sensors to detect a worker's concentration level, allowing the system to estimate their focus and disable incoming calls when they are concentrating, thereby reducing distractions and enhancing productivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If managers use speech communication to give instructions to workers, then communication efficiency is improved, but worker concentration deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces speech communication (acoustic/mechanical system) with optical communication through the wearable terminal display. Workers receive instructions visually on their wearable devices rather than through auditory calls, eliminating the need to suspend work for phone conversations while maintaining effective communication of work instructions and information.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable terminal acts as an intermediary device between the manager and the worker. Instead of direct speech communication that interrupts work, the terminal mediates by delivering messages, notifications, and instructions through the display interface, allowing workers to process information without breaking their concentration on manual tasks.
2Speed
If workers respond to incoming calls while concentrating on work, then communication responsiveness is improved, but work efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable terminal provides dynamic notification management where workers can receive real-time alerts about incoming calls or messages through visual indicators on the device display. This allows workers to maintain awareness of communication needs while continuing their work, responding only when convenient rather than being forced to interrupt their concentration immediately.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by notifying workers of incoming communications through the wearable terminal display before the actual call or message needs immediate attention. This advance notification allows workers to plan their response timing, maintaining work continuity while ensuring communication responsiveness when they choose to respond.
3Measurement precision
If wearable terminals are equipped with biometric sensors to detect concentration level, then worker status monitoring is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable terminal is designed as a multi-functional device that combines communication functions (display, notifications) with biometric sensing capabilities. By integrating concentration detection sensors into the existing wearable terminal platform, the system achieves worker status monitoring without requiring separate dedicated devices, thereby managing complexity while enabling precise measurement of concentration levels through physiological indicators.
Data Source
AI summary
According to one embodiment, a method includes receiving biometric information about a living body of a user wearing an eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and working in a predetermined range, from the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal, and estimating that the user is concentrating, based on the received biometric information.