Pet Terminal Registration Through Sensor-Verified Posture Changes

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in efficiently registering pet-type robots as communication partners with user terminals due to the need for precise posture adjustments during the pairing process.

Innovation Solution

A method involving a smartphone processor that searches for a pet terminal, instructs the user to change the pet terminal's posture, and registers it upon detecting the desired posture change using sensors like acceleration and gyro sensors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If wireless pairing is performed without posture verification, then registration speed is improved, but registration accuracy deteriorates due to potential misoperations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveregistration speedVSAvoidregistration accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary posture verification by detecting whether the second electronic device is in the correct orientation (e.g., screen facing upward) before allowing registration to proceed. This preliminary check prevents misoperations where users might accidentally register devices they didn't intend to pair, thereby improving registration accuracy without significantly impacting overall registration speed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If posture detection is implemented during pairing, then registration accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional sensors and processing

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveregistration accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The second electronic device uses its own built-in sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, or camera) to automatically detect its own posture and verify whether it is in the correct orientation for registration. This self-verification mechanism eliminates the need for complex external verification systems or manual user input, achieving high registration accuracy while minimizing additional system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces manual posture verification (mechanical/user-operated) with automated sensor-based detection. Instead of requiring users to manually confirm device orientation or use physical alignment markers, the patent employs electronic sensors to automatically detect and verify device posture, simplifying the user interface and reducing the need for complex mechanical verification mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Manufacturing precision

If manual posture adjustment is required, then registration precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveposture adjustment precisionVSAvoiduser operation ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides real-time feedback to the user through the display screen, indicating whether the device is in the correct posture for registration. The display shows visual cues (such as checkmarks, progress indicators, or directional arrows) that guide users to adjust the device orientation. This feedback mechanism enables users to achieve precise posture alignment intuitively without requiring technical knowledge or complex adjustment procedures, thereby maintaining ease of operation while ensuring registration precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

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

Ensures accurate and error-free registration of pet terminals by guiding users through posture adjustments, preventing misoperations during the pairing process and enabling seamless data communication.

Implementation Method 1

using sensors like acceleration and gyro sensors

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectAcceleration detection: Accelerometer

Implementation Method 2

using sensors like acceleration and gyro sensors

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectGyroscopic detection: Gyroscope

Data Source

PatentUS20250301299A1Electronic apparatus, registration processing method, and recording medium

Publication Date: 2025.09.25 CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD

AI summary

Disclosed is an electronic apparatus including: a wireless communicator; and one or more processors that perform a first process of searching for another electronic apparatus via the wireless communicator, a second process of instructing a user to change a posture of the other electronic apparatus in a case in which the searching in the first process is successful, and a third process of registering the other electronic apparatus, a change in the posture of which is detected.