Handheld Monophone Multifunction Button Programmable Keys
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current radio devices lack personalization and advanced functionality, limiting their adaptability to individual user needs and efficiency in specific application areas such as construction sites, emergency services, and leisure areas where alternative network connections are unavailable.
Innovation Solution
A handheld monophone with a multifunction button that allows assignment of various functions, programmable keys, and a rotary locking mechanism, enabling quick access to standard functions and allowing for updates via a server, along with features like a PTT button and multimedia interactive control, ensuring effective communication in noisy environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If radio devices are designed with fixed functions, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to individual user needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality by enabling a single button to perform multiple functions through programmable assignment. The button can be configured to execute different standard functions (e.g., call, message, navigation) based on user programming, allowing one physical component to replace multiple dedicated buttons while maintaining adaptability to individual user needs without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic reconfigurability through programmable buttons that can change their function assignment over time. Users can dynamically assign different functions to the same button based on their immediate needs, and the system can dynamically update function assignments through software updates via server connection, making the device adaptable without requiring physical hardware changes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more functions are added to radio devices, then functionality and versatility improve, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by consolidating multiple functions into a single programmable button. Instead of requiring separate buttons for each function, users can assign different functions to the same button, reducing the total number of buttons needed and simplifying the interface while maintaining an extensive range of functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments functions into two levels: standard functions that are pre-programmed and easily accessible, and custom functions that can be individually programmed. This segmentation allows users to access frequently used functions quickly without having to navigate through complex menus, thereby maintaining ease of operation even with an expanded function range.
3Ease of operation
If standard functions are pre-programmed, then ease of operation improves, but adaptability to customize functions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-programming standard functions into the system before use. Users can immediately access commonly used functions like calls, messages, and navigation without needing to program them first, ensuring ease of operation. Simultaneously, the system allows users to override these pre-programmed functions with custom assignments, maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universality through programmable buttons that can serve both as pre-programmed standard function buttons and as custom-function buttons. The same button structure and programming interface work for both pre-programmed and user-defined functions, allowing the system to provide quick access to standard functions while maintaining full customization capability without requiring separate mechanisms for each.
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AI summary
The monophone (1) has a multi function key (2) i.e. rotary switch, for selecting functions, and programmable keys (7, 8, 9) assigned to a function of the multi function key. The multi function key is suitable to switch the monophone into a programming mode. A memory is suitable for storing a pre-programmed function. The programmable keys (7, 9) are suitable to release when simultaneously confirming an emergency call. The programmable keys (7, 8) are suitable to finish when simultaneously confirming a single call. One of the programmable keys is a mode key. An independent claim is also included for a method for operating a handheld monophone.