Vehicle Phone Mount With Stable Camera View During Maneuvers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle phone mounts lack multifunctionality and ease of installation, often requiring complex integration with vehicles to provide advanced features like sensor control and data transfer, while also failing to maintain a stable field of view for media sensors during vehicle maneuvers.
Innovation Solution
A multipurpose vehicle phone mount with a support structure, flexible joints, a processor, and media sensors that can be easily installed on various vehicle parts, including handlebars and rear-view mirrors, featuring a wireless databus for data transfer and a rechargeable battery for power, allowing for hands-free communication and sensor control via a mobile device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing vehicle phone mounts are used, then installation is simple, but they lack multifunctionality and advanced features like sensor control and data transfer
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (phone mounting, media sensing, data transfer, power supply, and hands-free communication) into a single integrated device. The mount structure incorporates a media sensor, processor, wireless transceiver, and battery, eliminating the need for separate components and complex vehicle integration while providing multifunctionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it mounts a mobile device, captures media through the integrated sensor, transfers data wirelessly, provides power through the rechargeable battery, and enables hands-free communication. This universal design allows a single device to replace multiple separate systems.
2Stability of the object's composition
If existing vehicle phone mounts are used, then the structure is simple, but they fail to maintain a stable field of view for media sensors during vehicle maneuvers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs flexible joints connecting the media sensor to the mount structure, allowing the sensor to dynamically adjust and maintain a stable field of view during vehicle maneuvers. The flexible joint enables the sensor to move independently from the mount, compensating for vibrations and movements while keeping the overall structure relatively simple.
3Adaptability or versatility
If complex integration with vehicles is implemented to provide advanced features, then sensor control and data transfer are enabled, but ease of installation is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates a rechargeable battery with a charging port that allows users to easily recharge the battery without complex installation procedures. The wireless transceiver enables automatic data transfer between the mobile device and the mount, eliminating the need for complex wiring and integration with vehicle systems while maintaining sensor control capability.
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AI summary
In some embodiments, an apparatus may install easily like a simple cell phone holder while facilitating controlling cameras mounted and/or fixed to a vehicle using a cell phone. For example, the system may facilitate installing, monitoring, powering and/or controlling vehicle mounted sensors without having to integrate the system into each particular vehicle. An aspect of some embodiments of the current invention relates to an integrated apparatus for mounting a mobile device and a media sensor on an open and/or two wheeled vehicle and for positioning a media sensor on that vehicle. Optionally, a camera integrated to the mount such that the field of view (FOV) of the camera is preserved over a desired scene even as the position of the mobile device is changed and/or the vehicle performs various maneuvers. In some, embodiments an integrated apparatus may be mounted to a rearview mirror of a vehicle.