Interactive Costume Sensors and Actuators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current interactive costumes and puppets lack the ability to seamlessly integrate customizable mixed technology components that allow wearers to interact with their surroundings, including stimuli and other wearers, in a dynamic and responsive manner.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of customizable mixed technology interactive costumes and puppets equipped with sensors, actuators, transceivers, and processors that enable wireless communication and interaction with the environment and other wearers, allowing for responsive behaviors such as sound, light, and tactile outputs, as well as integration with wearable devices and cloud-based systems for enhanced functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If customizable mixed technology components are integrated into costumes and puppets, then interactivity and responsiveness to environmental stimuli are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interactive costume system is divided into separate functional modules including sensors (microphones, cameras, motion detectors), processors, actuators (lights, speakers, haptic feedback), and wireless communication transceivers. Each component can be independently selected, configured, and replaced, allowing high interactivity without requiring the entire system to be redesigned for each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The costume system employs universal interfaces and protocols that allow different sensor types, actuators, and processing units to work together through standardized connection methods. The processor can handle multiple types of inputs (audio, visual, motion) and coordinate various outputs (lighting, sound, haptic feedback) through a unified control architecture, enabling one system to perform multiple interactive functions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If wireless communication and cloud-based systems are integrated, then functionality and immersive experience are enhanced, but use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless communication transceiver operates in periodic cycles rather than continuously, transmitting data bursts when interaction events occur and entering low-power states between transmissions. The system prioritizes local processing for immediate responses and uses cloud communication only when necessary, reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining enhanced functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The local processor acts as an intermediary that handles real-time sensor data and actuator control without requiring constant cloud connection. The processor buffers and pre-processes data locally, transmitting only essential information to cloud-based systems, thereby reducing communication energy requirements while preserving enhanced functionality through selective cloud integration.
3Measurement precision
If multiple sensors and actuators are integrated for responsive behavior, then measurement precision and interaction quality improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple sensor types (microphones, cameras, motion detectors) and actuators (lights, speakers, haptic feedback devices) are integrated into a unified system managed by a single processor. The processor combines data from multiple sensors to achieve precise environmental awareness and coordinates multiple actuators for synchronized responsive behavior, improving measurement precision while managing complexity through centralized control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where sensor measurements are continuously monitored, processed, and used to adjust actuator outputs in real-time. The processor analyzes data from multiple sensors, determines appropriate responses, and activates actuators accordingly, creating closed-loop control that enhances interaction quality while using systematic processing to manage the complexity of multiple components.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods according to the present disclosure provide a costume of a puppet or a character having customizable mixed technology interactive components that enables the wearer of the costume to interact with stimuli in the costume's or wearer's surrounding environment as the puppet or character.