Automated Health Check Device with Dynamic Sensor Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual health screening at entry points for viral infections is inefficient, exposing screening teams to infection risks, prone to errors, and generates excessive waste, while automated solutions are lacking in effectiveness and reliability.
Innovation Solution
An automated health check device for vehicle passengers, equipped with imaging sensors, vital signs sensors, and processors that determine passenger locations and reorient sensors for accurate measurements, while providing instructions for optimal data acquisition and mitigating environmental factors like temperature and vibration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual health screening is performed at entry points, then health parameters can be measured, but screening teams are exposed to infection risks and human errors occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical screening processes with an automated optical measurement system. The device uses imaging sensors to capture images of passengers and automatically measures health parameters such as body temperature and facial features, eliminating the need for manual contact and reducing infection risk while maintaining measurement reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service health screening where passengers are automatically measured without human intervention. The device independently captures images, processes health data, and generates screening results, making the screening process autonomous and eliminating exposure risks for screening teams.
2Reliability
If manual health screening is performed, then health checks can be conducted, but excessive waste is generated
Solution Approach 1:
The automated optical system replaces manual screening that consumes disposable protective equipment. By using non-contact imaging and automated processing, the system eliminates waste from personal protective equipment while maintaining health check capabilities.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If automated health check device is used, then infection risk is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device integrates multiple functions into a single system: imaging sensors capture both facial images and measure body temperature, processors analyze multiple health parameters simultaneously, and the system provides comprehensive screening. This multi-functionality reduces the need for multiple separate devices while maintaining low infection risk.
4Measurement precision
If automated sensor orientation is implemented, then measurement accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses imaging sensors to detect passenger position and provides feedback to the processor, which then controls the vital signs sensor orientation accordingly. This closed-loop feedback mechanism automatically adjusts sensor positioning to maintain optimal measurement accuracy without requiring complex manual control systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The vital signs sensor is designed with dynamic orientation capability, allowing it to adjust its pointing direction based on passenger position. This dynamic adjustment enables the system to maintain measurement precision as passengers move, without requiring fixed complex mechanical positioning structures.
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AI summary
An automated health check device and methods, the device comprising: at least one imaging sensor configured for capturing at least one image of at least an area confined by a window of the vehicle; at least one vital signs sensor configured for measuring a health parameter of a passenger at the area confined by the window; and at least one processor configured for: acquiring and analyzing the at least one image to determine location of the window; determining based on the determined location of the window a location of the passenger; determining the at least one vital signs sensor being oriented to a predetermined point of view in relation to the location of the passenger determined; and obtaining a measurement of the health parameter of the passenger from the at least one vital signs sensor.