Neckband Audio Vibration Module Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional neckband-shaped portable audio equipment with a single vibration module limits the variety of vibration patterns that can be transmitted to users, restricting effective notification and feedback.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating multiple vibration modules into a neckband-shaped portable audio equipment, with a controller that recognizes and controls distinct vibration patterns based on control signals from external terminal devices, allowing for varied vibration intensities and sequences to convey different types of events and information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single vibration module is used in portable audio equipment, then the device complexity is reduced, but the variety of vibration patterns that can be transmitted to users is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The vibration notification system is segmented into multiple independent vibration modules distributed at different locations on the portable audio equipment. Each module can be independently controlled to produce distinct vibration patterns, allowing the system to convey different types of information through spatially differentiated haptic feedback while maintaining manageable complexity through modular architecture
2Loss of information
If multiple vibration modules are distributed at different locations, then directional information can be conveyed to users, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Different locations on the portable audio equipment are assigned specific vibration modules with distinct vibration characteristics. The controller selectively activates modules at specific locations based on the type of information that needs to be conveyed, creating spatially differentiated haptic feedback patterns that encode directional and categorical information about notifications, messages, or events
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables more nuanced and informative vibration notifications, allowing users to discern directions, event types, and intensities, enhancing user interaction with external devices and applications.
Implementation Method 1
a vibration unit including a plurality of vibration modules each provided in at least two areas corresponding to both sides of the housing
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a portable audio equipment comprising: a neckband-shaped housing having one side open; a vibration unit including a plurality of vibration modules provided in at least two regions corresponding to both sides of the housing; and a control unit for sensing a control signal including information on a vibration pattern for each of the plurality of vibration modules and controlling the plurality of vibration modules to output the vibration pattern, wherein the vibration pattern is related to event information that is generated in an external terminal device.