Flexible Neck Child Monitor for Adjustable Viewing Angles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional child monitors have short battery life, limited range, and are difficult to set up for optimal viewing angles, lacking aesthetic appeal and user convenience.
Innovation Solution
A child monitor assembly with an elongated flexible neck and head portion, allowing for adjustable positioning of a camera or video monitor to various angles and locations, featuring a motion sensor that illuminates or blinks, and a wireless adapter for remote control and image transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional child monitors use fixed rigid structures, then manufacturing is simple, but positioning flexibility and viewing angle adjustment are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by replacing fixed rigid structures with flexible components. Specifically, the neck portion is made of flexible material allowing it to be bent and positioned at various angles, and the head portion can rotate relative to the neck portion. This enables continuous adjustment of viewing angles and positioning flexibility while maintaining structural integrity through elastic recovery properties of the flexible material.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitor assembly is divided into distinct segments: base portion, neck portion, and head portion. Each segment can be independently positioned and adjusted. The neck portion acts as a flexible connector between the rigid base and the rotatable head, allowing independent adjustment of each segment to achieve optimal viewing positions without complicating the overall manufacturing process.
2Reliability
If child monitors are positioned at optimal viewing angles, then monitoring effectiveness improves, but setup time and positioning difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible neck and rotatable head allow users to dynamically adjust the monitor to optimal viewing angles during setup and repositioning. The elastic memory property of the flexible neck material helps maintain positioned angles, reducing the need for frequent adjustments while ensuring monitoring effectiveness is achieved through user-friendly positioning.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional monitors use standard security camera designs, then manufacturing is straightforward, but aesthetic appeal and child-room integration are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by giving different aesthetic characteristics to different parts of the assembly. The head portion is designed with eye-like features and can be configured in various shapes (round, oval, rectangular) to appeal to children, while the base portion maintains a simpler functional design. This allows aesthetic enhancement in the visible head area without complicating the manufacturing of the entire assembly.
Data Source
AI summary
Improved monitor assemblies (e.g., child monitor assemblies) and related methods of use are provided. More particularly, the present disclosure provides improved child monitor assemblies having an elongated flexible section configured and dimensioned to be positioned into various desired positions for a wide range of different viewing angles and/or locations. The present disclosure provides for a monitor assembly (e.g., character-based monitor assembly) including a base/body portion, an elongated flexible portion attached to and extending from the base/body portion, and a head/upper portion attached to and extending from the elongated flexible portion. The head/upper portion includes an eye member, with a monitor member (e.g., camera, video monitor) positioned/placed within or near the eye member. The elongated flexible portion is configured and dimensioned to be positioned into various desired positions for a wide range of different viewing angles and/or locations for the monitor member.