Extensible Mobile Computing Platform with Peripheral Extender
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users in less affluent regions face fatigue and erroneous input due to the small form factor of mobile communication devices, limiting their usage time and data storage capacity compared to desktop computers.
Innovation Solution
A mobile extender device that pairs with mobile communication devices via a wireless protocol, providing standard peripherals like full-size keyboards and displays, allowing users to utilize these devices as if they were desktop computers, with the mobile communication device handling processing and memory.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If mobile communication devices use small form factor to reduce cost and increase portability, then affordability and mobility are improved, but user fatigue increases and input accuracy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the computing platform into two segments: a mobile communication device for portability and a mobile extender device for enhanced input capabilities. The mobile extender device includes full-size keyboard and pointing device that can be attached when needed, allowing users to maintain small mobile device for daily carry while having access to larger input devices when prolonged use is required.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile extender device serves multiple functions: it provides full-size keyboard input, pointing device functionality, extended display capabilities, and additional storage. It can be attached to various mobile communication devices through wireless or wired connections, making it a universal solution for enhancing different mobile devices with standardized interfaces.
2Ease of operation
If users purchase separate desktop computers to avoid fatigue and increase storage, then input comfort and storage capacity are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the mobile communication device and mobile extender device into a unified computing platform. The mobile extender device combines functions that would otherwise require separate devices (keyboard, pointing device, display, storage) into a single unit that attaches to the mobile device, eliminating the need for users to maintain separate desktop computers for these functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile extender device acts as an intermediary between the mobile communication device and traditional desktop peripherals. It provides compatibility layers and communication protocols that allow standard keyboard, pointing device, and display to work with mobile devices, bridging the gap between mobile and desktop computing environments.
3Volume of moving object
If mobile communication devices have limited storage capacity, then device size and cost are reduced, but data storage capability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extends storage capacity into an external dimension by incorporating additional storage in the mobile extender device. Rather than increasing the internal storage of the mobile communication device (which would increase its size), the solution adds storage capacity in a separate, attachable unit, effectively utilizing external space to solve the storage limitation.
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AI summary
An extensible mobile computing platform. The extensible system can extend the mobile communication device resources by pairing the mobile communication device with a mobile extender device. The mobile device extender device includes peripheral ports that can receive standard peripherals so that users can operate the peripherals when the mobile communication device and the mobile extender device are paired. The mobile extender device includes an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit), operating system and an extender device component. The mobile communication device includes a mobile communication device component as well as a powerful processor and an operating system.