Modular Mobile Computing Headset with Removable Circuitry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile units for data capture require users to operate multiple components with both hands, leading to tangled wires, limited mobility, and hygiene concerns due to shared headsets with embedded circuitry, increasing costs.
Innovation Solution
A modular mobile computing headset system comprising a mobile unit module and a battery pack module that can be removably attached to an accessory, allowing for additional functionalities like RFID, with components such as a headset, module attachment sites, and a battery pack that can be easily swapped or attached to different devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a headset with embedded circuitry is required for each user to address hygiene concerns, then hygiene is improved, but cost increases dramatically
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the headset into two segments: a reusable accessory portion and a replaceable mobile unit module. The mobile unit module contains the embedded circuitry and can be individually replaced for each user, while the accessory portion remains shared. This segmentation allows hygiene requirements to be met without requiring complete headsets for each user, thereby reducing costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile unit module with embedded circuitry is extracted from the traditional headset design and made removable. This allows the circuitry-containing module to be individually assigned to each user for hygiene purposes, while the main accessory body can be shared, thus addressing hygiene concerns without the full cost of multiple complete headsets.
2Ease of operation
If multiple components are mounted on the user's body to free hands, then hands-free operation is improved, but device complexity and potential limitations on range of motion increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile unit module combines multiple functions (data capture, RFID scanning, connectivity) into a single integrated component that attaches to the accessory. This merging reduces the number of separate components needed, simplifying the overall device complexity while maintaining hands-free operation capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If connecting wires are used to connect components, then functionality is improved, but tangling and disconnection issues increase
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting wires are extracted from the system by making the mobile unit module directly attachable to the accessory via module attachment sites. This eliminates the need for separate connecting wires, thereby preventing tangling and disconnection issues while maintaining full functionality through the integrated attachment mechanism.
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AI summary
A system comprises an accessory, a mobile unit module, and a battery pack module. The accessory is worn one of on and near a portion of a body of a user. The mobile unit module removably couples to the accessory. The battery pack module removably couples to one of the mobile unit and the accessory.