Image Capturing Apparatus Flexible Protruding Assembly Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image capturing apparatuses for telehealth care systems, especially those designed for infants and toddlers, lack structural strength and safety features, posing risks of damage or injury when dropped and do not adequately serve as safe toys.
Innovation Solution
The image capturing apparatus incorporates a protruding assembly with a fixing member and flexible members, such as cloth or foam, which are assembled to the body to provide cushioning and safety, ensuring durability and safety when used as a toy for infants and toddlers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the image capturing apparatus uses a rigid structure to ensure structural strength, then durability is improved, but safety for infants and toddlers deteriorates due to hard edges and potential injury
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies flexible members (fabric layers, foam layers, or rubber layers) as protective coverings on the protruding assembly. These flexible materials replace rigid surfaces with compliant surfaces that can deform under impact, reducing injury risk to infants and toddlers while maintaining the structural integrity of the underlying rigid components.
Solution Approach 2:
The protruding assembly combines rigid components (for structural strength) with flexible materials (fabric, foam, or rubber layers) to create a composite structure. This composite design allows the apparatus to maintain durability from rigid elements while the flexible outer layer provides safety and comfort for infant interaction.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the image capturing apparatus uses soft flexible materials to ensure safety for infants, then safety is improved, but structural strength deteriorates making the apparatus prone to damage
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible materials are applied as protective layers or coverings rather than replacing the entire structure. The fabric layer, foam layer, or rubber layer acts as a protective shell that maintains safety while the underlying rigid structure provides structural strength and durability.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus uses a composite structure where rigid components provide the structural framework and strength, while flexible materials (fabric, foam, rubber) are integrated as protective outer layers. This composite approach ensures both safety for infant interaction and sufficient structural strength to prevent damage.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If the protruding assembly uses rigid components for durability, then structural strength is improved, but harm increases due to exposed sharp edges and hard surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent covers the rigid protruding assembly with flexible materials (fabric layer, foam layer, or rubber layer) that act as protective films. These flexible coverings conceal sharp edges and hard surfaces, preventing direct contact between infants and harmful rigid components while allowing the rigid structure to maintain its durability.
4Reliability
If the image capturing apparatus is designed with basic telehealth functions only, then reliability is improved, but adaptability deteriorates as it cannot serve as a safe toy for infants
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the image capturing apparatus with multi-functionality, combining telehealth monitoring capabilities with safe toy features. The protruding assembly with flexible materials provides both structural functionality for the device and safe interactive elements for infant engagement, allowing the apparatus to serve multiple purposes reliably.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The flexible protruding assembly reduces damage from drops and provides a safe, comfortable touch, enhancing both the structural strength and safety of the apparatus while allowing it to function as a toy.
Implementation Method 1
the flexible member of the protruding assembly may achieve a cushioning effect to reduce possible damages
Implementation Method 2
the fixing member is thermally welded to an inner wall of the body
Implementation Method 3
at least one locking member passes through the at least one locking hole and is locked to the at least one locking protruding pillar
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AI summary
An image capturing apparatus characterized by safety protection includes a body and a protruding assembly. The protruding assembly is assembled to the body from the inside of the body and protrudes out of the body. The protruding assembly includes a fixing member and at least one flexible member. The fixing member is assembled to the body, and the at least one flexible member is disposed on the fixing member and is assembled to the body together with the fixing member. The flexible member passes through an opening of the body from the inside of the body to protrude out of the body.