Intelligent Clip for Proactive Navigation and Awareness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable devices currently lack the ability to proactively collect data about users and their environments, failing to provide effective assistance in navigation, environmental awareness, and social interactions, particularly for individuals with physical disabilities.
Innovation Solution
An intelligent clip equipped with an inertial measurement unit (IMU), global positioning system (GPS), cameras, and a processor that analyzes data to recognize objects, determine desirable events, and provide navigation paths, audio, and haptic feedback to users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wearable devices are designed to be simple and unobtrusive, then they are more comfortable and easier to wear, but they lack the capability to proactively collect data and provide assistance
Solution Approach 1:
The clip device integrates multiple functions including object recognition via camera, location tracking via GPS, motion sensing via IMU, and proactive assistance provision, allowing a single simple wearable to perform diverse tasks such as navigation, environmental awareness, and social interaction support
2Extent of automation
If wearable devices continuously collect and analyze data about the user and environment, then they can provide proactive assistance, but they increase device complexity and power consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The device segments data collection functions into specialized sensors (camera for visual data, GPS for location, IMU for motion) and processes them through a processor that recognizes objects and determines desirable events, dividing the complex task of proactive assistance into manageable functional modules
Solution Approach 2:
The processor acts as an intermediary that receives raw data from multiple sensors, analyzes the information to recognize objects and determine user needs, and then provides processed assistance information, mediating between complex sensor data and simple user-facing output
3Reliability
If wearable devices provide comprehensive navigation and environmental awareness, then they improve user experience, but they require multiple sensors and processing components that increase device size
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines camera, GPS, and IMU sensors with a processor and speaker into a single integrated clip device, merging multiple functional components into one compact unit that provides comprehensive navigation and environmental awareness capabilities
Data Source
AI summary
A clip includes an IMU coupled to the clip and adapted to detect inertial measurement data and a GPS coupled to the device and adapted to detect location data. The clip further includes a camera adapted to detect image data and a memory adapted to store data. The clip further includes a processor adapted to recognize an object in the surrounding environment by analyzing the data. The processor can determine a desirable action based on the data and a current time or day. The processor can determine a destination based on the determined desirable action. The processor can determine a navigation path based on the determined destination and the data. The processor is further adapted to determine output based on the navigation path. The clip further includes a speaker adapted to provide audio information to the user.