Nose-Overlapping Sensor Housing for Accurate Emotion Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices that detect user emotions with sensors located apart from the user experience decreased accuracy and reliability, particularly when the detection device protrudes from the device's housing, leading to interference and reduced performance.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device design that incorporates a detection device, an arithmetic device, and a housing with a space overlapping with the user's nose, where the detection device is positioned between the housing and the user's nose to obtain emotion data, such as temperature, humidity, or images, and processes this data to generate accurate emotion recognition and display information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the detection device is positioned apart from the user, then the device structure is simplified, but the detection accuracy of user emotion decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The detection device is nested within the housing structure at a position that overlaps with the user's nose when worn. This allows the detection device to be integrated into the device body rather than positioned separately, maintaining close proximity to the user for high detection accuracy while keeping the overall device structure compact and organized.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the internal three-dimensional space of the housing to position the detection device at a specific location (overlapping with the user's nose). By exploiting the Z-dimension (depth) within the housing rather than extending the device externally, the solution achieves close user proximity without increasing the device's external footprint or structural complexity.
2Measurement precision
If the detection device protrudes from the housing, then the detection accuracy is improved, but the reliability of the electronic device decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The detection device is fully contained within the housing structure rather than protruding from it. This nesting approach protects the detection device from external damage and interference while maintaining its functional proximity to the user's nose, thereby preserving both detection accuracy and device reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing acts as an intermediary structure that houses the detection device at the appropriate position. This intermediary housing protects the detection device from external harmful factors while still allowing it to function effectively close to the user's nose, resolving the conflict between protection (reliability) and detection performance.
3Measurement precision
If the detection device is positioned close to the user's nose, then the emotion detection accuracy is improved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The housing structure serves multiple functions: it provides mechanical protection for internal components, defines the device's external shape, and positions the detection device at the optimal location for nose overlap. By making the housing multi-functional, the patent avoids adding separate structural elements, thereby maintaining simplicity while achieving accurate emotion detection.
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AI summary
To provide an electronic device capable of recognizing a user's emotion with a high accuracy. The electronic device includes a detection device, an arithmetic device, and a housing. The housing includes a space at a position overlapping with a user's nose when the user wears the electronic device. The detection device is located between the housing and the user's nose. The detection device has a function of obtaining user's data on an emotion of the user and outputting the user's data to the arithmetic device. The arithmetic device has a function of generating display data based on the user's data and outputting the display data.