Outdoor Group Exercise Data Aggregation via Master Controller
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of systems capable of collecting and administering exercising information for multiple individuals exercising outdoors, leading to monotony and inefficiency in tracking outdoor exercise data.
Innovation Solution
A group exercise information administering system comprising a team leader with a master controller and member controllers equipped with sensors and transceivers to collect and transmit outdoor exercising and physiological signals to a remote data collection center for analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple individuals exercise outdoors without a monitoring system, then exercise freedom and variety are improved, but exercise information collection and administration become difficult and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the monitoring function into multiple independent member controllers (one for each exerciser) and a central master controller. Each member controller independently collects data from its wearer, while the master controller aggregates data from all members. This segmentation allows simultaneous monitoring of multiple individuals without requiring a single complex centralized system, resolving the contradiction between exercise freedom and information collection capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The master controller acts as an intermediary between the multiple member controllers and the remote data collection center. It receives exercise information from all member controllers via wireless communication, processes and organizes the data, then transmits it to the remote center. This intermediary structure enables efficient information collection from multiple distributed sources without direct connection to each individual member controller.
2Loss of information
If exercise information is collected from multiple members, then comprehensive data analysis is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments monitoring functions across multiple simple member controllers (each handling one exerciser) rather than requiring a single complex centralized system. Each member controller has identical simple architecture with sensors, processor, and transmitter, while the master controller handles aggregation. This modular segmentation reduces individual device complexity while enabling comprehensive multi-member data collection and analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The master controller serves multiple functions: receiving data from all member controllers, identifying individuals via unique codes, organizing data by member, preliminary processing, and transmitting to the remote center. This multi-functional design consolidates complexity into a single coordinating unit rather than distributing it across multiple members, maintaining system manageability while enabling comprehensive data analysis.
3Loss of information
If exercise data is transmitted to remote center, then data administration and insights are improved, but transmission requirements and infrastructure needs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The master controller serves as an intermediary that consolidates data from all member controllers before transmission to the remote data collection center. It aggregates exercise information, organizes it by individual member using unique identification codes, and transmits the consolidated dataset. This approach reduces transmission requirements compared to each member controller transmitting independently, while still enabling comprehensive data administration and analysis at the remote center.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an exercising information administering system in an outdoor environment. A team leader and a plurality of exercising members forms an outdoor exercising group. The team leader is configured with a master controller and each of the exercising members is configured with a member controller. A communication connection device is communicated with a data transmission interface of the master controller for transmitting the outdoor exercising information to a remote data collection center for collection, administration, and analysis.