Phone Case Integrating Fingertip Gyroscope for Portable Stress Relief
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Solution Overview
Problem
Fingertip gyroscopes are cumbersome to carry around, making it inconvenient for users to play with them anytime and anywhere, especially for those who do not often carry backpacks.
Innovation Solution
A phone case with integrated fingertip gyroscope function, featuring a sealing chamber with a first area containing a marble, turntable surface, bearing, and pointer, and a second area with a board game, allowing users to play with the gyroscope and board games through the phone case without needing to carry a separate toy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users carry a separate fingertip gyroscope toy, then they can play with it anytime and anywhere, but it becomes troublesome and inconvenient especially for those who do not carry backpacks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the fingertip gyroscope function directly into the phone case structure. The phone case body serves as the gyroscope housing, and the phone itself becomes the playing platform. This merging eliminates the need to carry a separate gyroscope toy while maintaining the gameplay function, directly resolving the contradiction between convenience and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The phone case is designed to serve multiple functions: it protects the phone while simultaneously providing the fingertip gyroscope gameplay feature. The phone case structure integrates both protective and entertainment functions, allowing users to play games without needing additional dedicated toys, thus improving ease of operation without increasing device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a phone case integrates a fingertip gyroscope, then users can play without carrying separate toys, but the phone case structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The gyroscope components are nested within the phone case structure. The phone case body contains the gyroscope mechanism, and the various functional areas (first area with gyroscope, second area with board game) are nested within the sealed chamber of the phone case. This nesting approach allows integration of multiple functions while maintaining a compact form factor.
Solution Approach 2:
The phone case is divided into distinct functional areas: a first area containing the fingertip gyroscope components (marble, turntable, bearing, pointer) and a second area containing the board game. The sealed chamber is segmented into these functional zones, allowing each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall structural integrity and managing complexity through modular design.
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
Enables users to play with a fingertip gyroscope and board games conveniently on their phone, providing stress relief and entertainment anywhere, enhancing user experience and fun while eliminating the need to carry a separate toy.
Implementation Method 1
the outer surface of rotating member is provided with a structure to increase friction force
Implementation Method 2
the first marble rolls on the turntable surface according to the rotation direction of pointer
Implementation Method 3
the bearing is fixed in the center of the first turntable surface, the rotating member is connected to the bearing through a rotating shaft
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a phone case with fingertip gyroscope function, the phone case includes a fingertip gyroscope in a first area, the fingertip gyroscope includes a first marble, a turntable surface, a bearing, a pointer, and a rotating member, the bearing is disposed in the center of the turntable surface, the pointer is fixed on the rotating member, and the rotating member is movably connected to the bearing, and after rotating on the rotating member by force, release and observe through a transparent cover plate, the pointer rotates with the rotation of rotating member and the first marble also rolls in the first turntable surface with the rotation of the pointer, and during the rolling process, the first marble rolls into the marble hole, and the user can play with the fingertip gyroscope, anytime and anywhere, to release pressure and relieve mood.