Morphological Mismatch Diagnosis via Integrated Sensor Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for diagnosing mismatches between items and user morphological characteristics are complex, require expert intervention, and do not effectively account for dynamic changes or real-life usage conditions, often resulting in imperfect matching and the need for recalibration.
Innovation Solution
An automatic diagnostic system and method that integrates sensors into items to measure static and dynamic morphological characteristics, allowing for continuous monitoring and adjustment, using a diagnostic module to detect mismatches and trigger production of new items or components better suited to the user's morphology through wireless communication with a manufacturing device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If expert intervention is used for diagnosing mismatch, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-diagnosis of mismatch by integrating sensors, processors, and diagnostic algorithms within the item itself. The item autonomously monitors its own morphological compatibility with the user without requiring external expert intervention, thereby maintaining measurement precision while eliminating complexity associated with expert involvement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual expert assessment with an automated electronic diagnostic system comprising sensors, processors, and communication modules. This substitution of mechanical/expert evaluation with electronic automation maintains diagnostic accuracy while significantly reducing system complexity and improving ease of operation.
2Manufacturing precision
If static morphological characteristics are measured during design phase, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static design-phase measurements to dynamic real-time monitoring during actual use. Sensors continuously capture morphological characteristics as the user moves and interacts with the item, enabling the system to adapt to dynamic conditions while maintaining the precision benefits of initial design specifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback loop where sensor data collected during actual use is continuously analyzed to detect mismatches between the item and user's dynamic morphological characteristics. This feedback mechanism enables real-time adaptation and adjustment, bridging the gap between precise manufacturing and dynamic adaptability.
3Ease of manufacture
If item is designed to fit static characteristics, then ease of manufacture is improved, but reliability under real-life conditions worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary diagnostic assessments during the design phase based on static characteristics, then continues monitoring during actual use. This preliminary action maintains ease of manufacture while the ongoing diagnostic capability ensures reliability under real-life dynamic conditions by detecting and signaling mismatches that arise during use.
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AI summary
This method comprises: —integrating, into an initial item, a sensor allowing measurement of a physical quantity that varies as a function both of a characteristic of the initial item and of a morphological characteristic of the user, —acquiring measurements of this sensor, to obtain a measured value, —verifying that the measured value meets a predetermined set of conditions, —when the set of conditions is not met, transmitting signal indicating mismatch of the initial term with respect to the morphological characteristic of the user, and —when the set of conditions is met, inhibiting transmission of this mismatch signal.