Foldable Identity Shielding Device for Privacy Protection
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Notable individuals face challenges in preventing unwanted photographs, especially when multiple photographers use long-range lenses or elevated vantage points, and existing devices often interfere with personal electronic devices or mobility.
Innovation Solution
An identity shielding device with a foldable framework and a sliding splint, capable of expanding to form a shield that can be affixed to a shaft, allowing for flexible use while inhibiting photography, and featuring a collapsible design for easy storage and transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a device is used to block photographers from taking unwanted pictures, then privacy protection is improved, but the device may interfere with the user's own electronic devices or mobility
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separate functional components: a shaft for handling, a foldable framework for structure, and a shield for privacy protection. This segmentation allows the shield to perform its blocking function independently without interfering with the user's electronic devices or mobility, as the shield is a separate element that can be positioned around the user without contacting personal devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The framework is designed to be foldable and collapsible, transitioning between extended and retracted states. When extended, it provides maximum privacy protection; when collapsed, it minimizes interference with the user's movement and electronic devices. This dynamic design resolves the contradiction by adapting the device's physical presence based on operational needs.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a shield is extended to block long-range and elevated photography, then privacy protection is improved, but the device size and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The foldable framework and shield are designed to nest within each other when collapsed, similar to a nested doll structure. The shield can be stored within the framework, and the framework itself can be folded into a compact form. This nesting approach allows the device to provide extensive coverage when deployed while maintaining a simple, compact form factor when stored, thereby reducing apparent device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the device is made collapsible for easy storage and transportation, then ease of operation is improved, but the structural reliability may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The framework is pre-configured with hinges and connection points that maintain structural integrity during both extended and collapsed states. The shield is pre-attached to the framework in a manner that ensures stable positioning when extended for photography blocking, while the same connection system allows controlled collapse for storage. This preliminary structural design ensures reliability is maintained across different operational states.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an identity shielding device to be used when notable persons do not wish to have their photograph taken. In one embodiment, an identity shielding device has a shaft with first and second ends; a sliding splint slideably attached to the shaft; and a foldable framework attached to the sliding splint and the first end of the shaft, the framework being open at both ends, and having a collapsible shield affixed to the framework. The foldable framework includes both ribs and fasteners.