Garment-Mounted Phone Holder for Body Camera Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing phone holders for law enforcement and military personnel are expensive and bulky, making it difficult to use cell phones as effective body cameras due to the lack of suitable mounting solutions.
Innovation Solution
A phone holder with a mounting bracket that secures to a garment via fasteners, allowing the phone to be easily and securely attached, enabling the phone's camera to be used as a body camera.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If dedicated body camera devices are used, then recording function is reliable, but cost and bulk increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed to accommodate multiple phone models and various garment types through adjustable fasteners, making a single device serve multiple functions and reducing the need for specialized equipment
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses a cell phone with an integrated camera as a substitute for dedicated body camera devices, creating a functional copy that achieves the same recording purpose while reducing cost and bulk
2Device complexity
If cell phone is used as body camera, then cost is reduced, but secure mounting is difficult to achieve
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate components: a bracket that attaches to the garment and a holder that secures the phone, allowing independent optimization of each component for secure attachment
Solution Approach 2:
The holder includes a curved rear surface that conforms to the back of various phone models, ensuring stable and secure mounting regardless of the specific phone shape
3Reliability
If traditional body cameras are used, then secure attachment is achieved, but ease of operation is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The fasteners are designed to be easily engaged and disengaged, allowing the user to quickly attach and remove the phone holder from the garment without complex operations
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket includes self-aligning features that guide the fasteners into place automatically, reducing the effort and complexity required for attachment
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AI summary
A phone holder with a mounting bracket that secures to a garment via fasteners integrated with the garment. The mounting bracket can include fasteners that secure to corresponding receivers in the garment. The fasteners may include military pin fasteners. The phone holder can be removably connected to the mounting bracket. The phone holder includes a clip that removably secures to the bracket, such that the user can remove the holder and the supported phone when needed. The phone holder may also be formed with the mounting bracket as an integral part of the holder. The mounting bracket is configured to allows the phone holder to be attached securely and directly to the wearer, so that the camera of a cell phone secured within the holder can be utilized as a body-worn camera.