Mobile Device Enclosure With Integrated Microphones And Lighting Array
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile device enclosures do not enhance the functionality of mobile devices and lack integration of features like improved lighting and directional microphones, which can limit the quality of content capture.
Innovation Solution
Integrated mobile device enclosures that incorporate a body with integrated microphones, a lighting array, and an integrated circuit, allowing for enhanced content capture by configuring these components for use with software applications, thereby improving image, video, and audio quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional mobile device enclosures are used, then the device is protected from damage, but additional features or functionality are not introduced and content capture quality is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional components (microphones, lighting array, integrated circuit) into a single enclosure structure that attaches to the mobile device. This merging approach introduces enhanced functionality for content capture while maintaining a unified, integrated design rather than adding separate accessories.
Solution Approach 2:
The enclosure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides physical protection for the mobile device, integrates directional audio capture through microphones, enhances imaging through the lighting array, and coordinates these features through an integrated circuit. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the enclosure adaptable for various content capture scenarios.
2Measurement precision
If microphones are integrated into the enclosure, then directional audio capture is achieved, but the enclosure structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure incorporates microphones at specific locations (front and rear surfaces) with distinct orientations. The front microphone captures audio from the front direction while the rear microphone captures from the rear direction, creating directional audio capture capability. This localized placement of microphones achieves precise audio measurement without requiring complex internal structures throughout the entire enclosure.
3Measurement precision
If a lighting array is added to support the camera, then image quality is improved, but the enclosure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting array is positioned within the enclosure structure to provide preliminary illumination before the camera captures the image. This advance lighting preparation ensures that the subject is properly illuminated during content capture, improving image quality without requiring complex post-processing or external lighting equipment.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple components are integrated into the enclosure, then content capture capabilities are enhanced, but manufacturing becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure is designed as a modular structure with distinct components (body, microphone assembly, lighting array, integrated circuit) that can be manufactured separately and then assembled. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific manufacturing process while simplifying the overall assembly process, as components can be pre-tested and pre-assembled before final integration into the complete enclosure.
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AI summary
An integrated mobile device enclosure which encloses a mobile device includes features configured to enhance the capturing and/or processing of content at the mobile device. An integrated mobile device enclosure may include a body configured to enclose at least a portion of a mobile device, one or more microphones configured to capture sound external to the mobile device, and one or more lights configured to support a camera of the mobile device. The one or more microphones and the one or more lights are used with a software application running on the mobile device for content capture and/or processing. The software application in at least some cases may selectively enable or disable ones of the microphones and/or lights based on environmental information measured within a location of the mobile device.