Mobility Seating GUI for Stable Transport Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobility devices face challenges in achieving user-friendly and safe seating configurations, with difficulties in locating controls for adjustments and ensuring stability during transport, leading to discomfort and potential safety risks.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface with a display that represents the current seating configuration and stability, allowing easy selection and adjustment of seating segments, using input signals to dynamically adjust the seating configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional physical controls are used for adjusting seating segments, then the device can achieve seating configuration adjustments, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to difficulty in locating controls and high physical demands
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical physical controls with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a screen. The GUI presents visual representations of seating segments that users can select and adjust through software-based interactions, eliminating the need to locate and manipulate physical controls throughout the device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates visual copies or representations of the physical seating segments on the display screen. Each seating segment is represented by an icon or graphic that mirrors its physical counterpart, allowing users to interact with the digital representation rather than the physical control mechanisms directly.
2Adaptability or versatility
If seating configurations are made more flexible to improve user comfort, then adaptability improves, but safety deteriorates due to potential instability during transport
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system continuously monitors the current seating configuration and provides real-time information to the user through the GUI. The system displays whether the current configuration is suitable for transport, preventing users from operating the device in unsafe configurations while maintaining flexibility for comfort adjustments when appropriate.
3Ease of operation
If users are given full control over seating configuration adjustments, then ease of operation improves, but safety deteriorates due to inability to detect unsuitable configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent provides continuous feedback to users about the suitability of seating configurations for transport. The GUI displays clear indicators showing whether the current configuration is safe for transport, enabling users to make informed decisions while maintaining full control over adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses visual indicators such as color changes in the GUI to communicate configuration suitability. Different colors or visual states indicate whether a configuration is appropriate for transport, making it easy for users to detect and understand the safety status of their seating adjustments.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a method of adjusting transport configuration that includes detecting an input respecting a first icon on a home display. If the input has a first alignment relative to the first icon, then the method includes replacing the primary display with a secondary display. If the input has a second alignment relative to the first icon, then the method includes enabling detecting a second input respecting a second icon.