Personal Cloud Cover Case Integrating Sensors and Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile computing device covers are limited in functionality, primarily providing protection from environmental shocks and do not enhance the capabilities of the mobile computing devices they encase, whereas the proposed Personal Cloud Cover Case (PCCC) integrates electronic components and functionalities to provide cloud computing services and additional features such as wireless communication, biometric sensors, and health monitoring.
Innovation Solution
The PCCC incorporates a housing with a processor, visual touch screen, wireless communication system, memory, power source, and sensors, including an accelerometer to detect falls, along with modules for wireless charging, biometric input, and health monitoring, enabling cloud connectivity and enhanced device functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a simple case cover is used to protect the mobile computing device, then device protection is provided, but functionality is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the protective case cover with multiple functional modules including accelerometer sensors, wireless communication antennas, and processing circuits into a single integrated unit. The case cover is no longer just a protective shell but becomes a multifunctional device that provides both physical protection and computational capabilities, merging previously separate components into one unified structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The case cover is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it provides mechanical protection for the device, houses sensor arrays for environmental monitoring, contains wireless communication capabilities for network connectivity, and includes processing power for data analysis. This multi-functional design allows a single component to replace what would traditionally require multiple separate devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If electronic components are integrated into the case cover to enhance functionality, then cloud computing services are provided, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The case cover is divided into distinct functional modules or zones, each dedicated to specific tasks such as sensor arrays in certain regions, wireless communication antennas in others, and processing units in strategic locations. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system integration, making the complex electronic structure more manageable and maintainable.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The PCCC enhances the functionality of mobile computing devices by providing cloud computing services, biometric input, and health monitoring capabilities, while ensuring device protection and connectivity through integrated electronic components and sensors.
Implementation Method 1
one of the plurality of sensors is an accelerometer to detect rapid height change of the housing and send the information to the processor
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AI summary
A personal cloud structure for a portable computing device such as a tablet personal computer (PC), mobile phones, portable media players, or the like. The personal cloud structure may be fitted with memory, a network connection, two-way wireless charging, external memory slots, external connections and other components to create a portable personal cloud. The personal cloud structure may be a wearable device capable of detecting when the wearer has fallen and sending out an emergency signal.