Interactive ID Badge Communication System for Fall Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic identification devices, such as smartphones and key fobs, face issues with bulkiness, high power consumption, security complexities, and limited interaction capabilities, while also lacking the ability to display photographic identification and provide real-time notification and response interfaces for emergency situations.
Innovation Solution
A communication and alert system for interactive ID badges that can communicate with various devices and platforms, including servers, smartphones, and location finding services, to facilitate real-time notifications and responses, while also integrating with access control and patient care systems to prevent falls by alerting caregivers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a smartphone is used to display photographic identification and provide interactive capabilities, then the device has sufficient processing power and display capabilities, but the battery life is insufficient to last through an eight or ten hour work day
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides functionality between a lightweight badge device for local display and identification, and a smartphone for complex processing. The badge handles only essential display and communication functions, while the smartphone provides the computational power needed for comprehensive interactive capabilities, thereby extending the effective operational duration without requiring a large battery in the badge.
Solution Approach 2:
The badge integrates multiple functions including photographic display, access control, emergency notification, and communication interfaces into a single compact device. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate devices while maintaining sufficient operational capacity through optimized power management and selective functionality activation.
2Use of energy by moving object
If a key fob is used to provide access control and identification capabilities, then the device has very low power consumption and small package size, but it lacks a screen for displaying photographic identification and has limited interaction capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the low-power key fob design with a display screen and enhanced interaction interface. The badge combines access control functionality, photographic display, and user interaction capabilities into a single integrated device that maintains compact form factor while providing comprehensive interaction options including display, buttons, and wireless communication interfaces.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a smart phone is used to provide comprehensive credentialing capabilities, then the device has sufficient processing power and display capabilities, but the device becomes difficult to secure and is outside the control of the organization issuing the credentials
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and removes the smartphone from the credentialing function, replacing it with a dedicated badge device. This extraction isolates the credentialing capabilities from the general-purpose smartphone ecosystem, eliminating security vulnerabilities associated with smartphone hacking and unauthorized access, while maintaining comprehensive credentialing functionality through the secured badge platform.
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AI summary
A communication system usable with an interactive wearable badge that is operable to provide security and access control, location tracking, photo identification, and communication of alerts or other useful information in a small package. The disclosed. badge and communication system is optionally useful in caring for patients as part of a patient monitoring system useful for administering patient care in a medical facility or in an emergency response, and/or lor reporting and martialing resources to handle fires, floods, intruders, or other potentially dangerous situations in a facility or other predefined area.