Modular Platform Basin for Cellular Transceiver Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The form factor and size limitations of portable cellular-telephony devices restrict the usability and value of applications, as they cannot fully support diverse services and functionalities due to inherent limitations.
Innovation Solution
A modular apparatus with a housing that includes a basin to securely and adjustably accommodate a portable cellular-telephony device, along with a control circuit and data interface, enhancing its capabilities by providing a larger display, improved audio, and increased computational power, and accommodating various form factors and interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If the portable cellular-telephony device is made smaller to improve portability, then the device becomes more portable, but the usability and value of applications are frustrated due to limited form factor and size
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into two separate components: a portable cellular-telephony device and a stationary end-user platform. The platform includes a basin that receives the portable device, allowing the portable device to maintain its compact size for portability while the platform provides additional resources for enhanced application usability.
Solution Approach 2:
The end-user platform acts as an intermediary between the portable device and the user. It receives the portable device in its basin and provides supplemental capabilities through a display, audio interface, and control circuit, thereby enhancing application usability without requiring the portable device itself to be larger.
2Illumination intensity
If the portable cellular-telephony device is made larger to provide more display and audio capabilities, then the display and audio quality improve, but the device becomes less portable
Solution Approach 1:
The display and audio capabilities are segmented from the portable device and placed in the stationary end-user platform. The platform's display and audio interface provide enhanced visual and auditory quality, while the portable device maintains its compact form factor for portability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a single portable device to a two-component configuration where the portable device couples with a stationary platform. This dimensional change allows the portable device to remain small while the platform provides the necessary display and audio capabilities in a separate spatial location.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the portable cellular-telephony device is made more capable with additional services and functionalities, then the value and usability improve, but the form factor and size limitations continue to frustrate application designers and users
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments functionality between the portable device and the end-user platform. The portable device maintains its core telephony capabilities while the platform provides supplemental services and functionalities, allowing enhanced adaptability and versatility without increasing the portable device's form factor.
Solution Approach 2:
The end-user platform serves as a universal interface that can support multiple services and functionalities. It provides a display, audio interface, and control circuit that can accommodate various applications and services, thereby enhancing the portable device's versatility without requiring the portable device itself to be more complex.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus comprises at least a first display, an end-user input interface, and a control circuit that operably couples to both this first display and this end-user input interface. The apparatus can further comprise a housing that houses these components. By one approach this housing also has a basin formed therein. This basin is of sufficient size to at least substantially fully receive a portable cellular-telephony transceiver (where, for example, this portable cellular-telephony transceiver has its own display and its own end-user input interface).