Mouth Camera with Integrated Mouth Guard for First-Person View
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video broadcasting technologies fail to capture a first-person view in sporting events like boxing, as helmet-mounted cameras are not permitted and provide an angled view, not directly from the participant's perspective.
Innovation Solution
A compact video camera mounted between the upper and lower teeth, integrated with a mouth guard, allowing the camera to capture images from a position close to the participant's point of view, with a lens oriented outside the mouth and a U-shaped member for secure grip, enabling unobstructed video recording and wireless communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a helmet-mounted camera is used to capture first person view, then the camera can be positioned close to the participant, but the camera angle becomes distorted and does not accurately represent the participant's point of view
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mouth guard as an intermediary carrier that positions the camera housing between the participant's teeth and lips. This intermediary structure allows the camera to be placed at the correct distance from the participant's eye level without being mounted on the helmet, thereby eliminating angle distortion while maintaining close proximity to the participant's point of view.
2Reliability
If a helmet-mounted camera is used, then the camera can capture the event, but the participant's safety is compromised due to potential injuries
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the camera mounting system from the helmet and relocates it to the mouth guard. By removing the camera from the helmet-mounted configuration, the solution eliminates the safety hazards associated with helmet-mounted cameras while still achieving the desired first person view perspective through the mouth guard positioning mechanism.
3Measurement precision
If a mouth guard with camera housing is used, then the camera can be positioned close to the participant's point of view, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the camera housing with the mouth guard structure, integrating the camera mounting system into the existing mouth guard design. This combination approach reduces device complexity by eliminating separate mounting brackets and attachment mechanisms, while still achieving accurate point of view capture through the integrated positioning system.
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AI summary
Here is disclosed a video camera for capturing a video image from a participant's point of view. The video camera is mountable in the participant's mouth by the participant gripping the video camera between his or her upper and lower teeth. The device includes a compact video camera having a lens for gathering a video image and a mouth guard dimensioned to fit comfortably between the participant's upper and lower teeth. The mouth guard has first and second arcuate indentations dimensioned and configured to snuggly receive the participant's upper and lower teeth, respectively. The video camera is housed in a camera housing formed on the mouth guard such that the lens is positioned between the participant's upper and lower teeth and is oriented to gather the video image from outside the participant's mouth.