Planar Coupler for Portable Tracking Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current portable tracking devices face challenges in secure attachment to objects, difficulty in location identification within cluttered environments, and lack of accessories for convenient mounting, leading to potential separation from the intended object and inadequate tracking resolution.
Innovation Solution
The development of couplers with a planar body and interface member that complementarily fit portable tracking devices, allowing easy mounting and unmounting, and supporting additional objects like keys and memory cards, ensuring secure and convenient tracking while being thin and compact for easy location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If portable tracking devices are made small for portability, then they become easy to carry and attach to objects, but they become hard to find when surrounded by other items
Solution Approach 1:
The coupler is designed with a distinct color or visual特征 that makes it easily distinguishable from surrounding items. This allows the small tracking device to be quickly located within cluttered environments like bags or drawers, resolving the contradiction between small size and ease of location.
2Device complexity
If the coupler design is made simple and compact, then it is thin and easy to locate, but it may lack mounting features for accessories
Solution Approach 1:
The coupler incorporates multiple mounting features including a recess for the tracking device, key mounts, and memory card mounts within a single compact structure. This multi-functional design allows the simple coupler to securely hold various accessories while maintaining its compact form factor.
3Volume of moving object
If the tracking device is made small, then it is portable and easy to attach, but the locating features lack sufficient resolution to identify specific location within containers
Solution Approach 1:
The coupler serves as an intermediary structure that provides a distinct visual identity and location marker. By attaching the small tracking device to this more visible coupler, the system achieves both portability and improved location identification, as the coupler's distinct appearance enhances the tracking resolution within cluttered environments.
Data Source
AI summary
Couplers for portable tracking devices. The couplers include a body and an interface member. The body has a planar shape. The interface member is coupled to the body and complementarily configured with a portable tracking device. The interface member is configured to selectively insert into a recess defined in the portable tracking device. In some examples, the body defines a mount for an object. In certain examples, the object is a memory card and the mount is complementarily configured with the memory card. In certain examples, the object is a key and the mount is complementarily configured with the key.