Helmet Wireless Communication Visual Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing helmets do not provide effective wireless communication systems for players, particularly in sports like football, where real-time communication is crucial, and deaf or hard of hearing players face challenges in receiving auditory signals.
Innovation Solution
A helmet with integrated wireless communication capabilities, utilizing a 5G or 6G cellular network, that allows for visual communication between coaches and players, including deaf or hard of hearing players, through a heads-up display and an associated app.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional auditory communication methods are used in helmets, then communication can be implemented, but deaf or hard of hearing players cannot receive signals
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the auditory communication system (acoustic field) with a visual communication system (optical field). The heads-up display presents play signals as visual information that can be perceived by all players regardless of hearing ability, while the optical system maintains reliable signal transmission through direct visual presentation on the helmet display.
2Productivity
If wireless communication systems are integrated into helmets, then real-time communication is enabled, but the helmet structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple functions into the helmet including wireless communication capabilities, heads-up display system, and play signal reception. By combining these functions into a single integrated system rather than separate components, the patent achieves real-time communication while managing structural complexity through unified design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If visual communication through heads-up display is used, then all players including deaf players can receive signals, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs periodic or on-demand activation of the heads-up display system, activating the display only when play signals need to be transmitted rather than continuous operation. This periodic action enables visual communication for all players including deaf players while significantly reducing overall energy consumption compared to continuous display operation.
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system, comprising: a message-sending device comprising a first processing system including a first processor, wherein the message-sending device further comprises a first wireless communication mechanism, wherein the first processing system is configured to receive an input command, wherein the input command is provided by a person who is coaching a player, wherein the person who is coaching the player is located on a sideline of a field, and wherein the player is on the field; and a helmet worn by the player, wherein the helmet comprises a second processing system including a second processor, wherein the helmet further comprises a second wireless communication mechanism, and wherein the helmet further comprises a display mechanism positioned in a line of sight of at least one eye of the player; wherein the first processing system determines whether a play clock associated with a current play has been running for a threshold amount of time, resulting in a determination; wherein, responsive to the determination being that the play clock associated with the current play has not been running for the threshold amount of time, the first processing system transmits via the first wireless communication mechanism to the helmet a message that is based upon the input; wherein the second processing system receives, via the second wireless communication mechanism of the helmet, the message; and wherein, responsive to receipt of the message, the second processing system causes the display mechanism to display the message. Other embodiments are disclosed.