Portable electronic device for providing graphical information obtained by combining temperature humidity index with comfortability index

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional portable monitors do not effectively combine temperature humidity index with comfortability index to provide comprehensive graphical information for user comfort assessment.

Innovation Solution

A portable electronic device integrating a signal control module, information display module, temperature and humidity sensing module, and gas detection module to display temperature and humidity indicators alongside comfortability indicators on a coordinate graph, allowing for separate or combined display to indicate the impact of gas concentration on comfort levels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If conventional portable monitors display only basic environmental parameters, then the device complexity is low, but the information completeness for comfort assessment is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomfort assessment informationVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines temperature-humidity index information and comfortability index information (including gas concentration) into a single integrated display interface. This merging of multiple information types resolves the contradiction by providing comprehensive comfort assessment data without requiring separate devices, thus reducing information loss while maintaining manageable device complexity through unified processing and display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The portable electronic device is designed to perform multiple functions: environmental monitoring (temperature, humidity), gas concentration detection, and comfort index calculation and display. This multi-functionality allows the device to provide comprehensive comfort assessment information while consolidating capabilities into a single unit, addressing the information completeness requirement without proportionally increasing device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Measurement precision

If the device displays detailed comfortability distribution areas, then the measurement precision of comfort assessment is improved, but the ease of operation decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomfort assessment precisionVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The comfortability distribution area is segmented into multiple distinct regions (first comfortability distribution area and second comfortability distribution area) based on different gas concentration levels. This segmentation provides precise comfort assessment by clearly distinguishing different comfort zones, while the automatic calculation and display of these segmented areas maintains ease of operation by eliminating manual analysis requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If the device integrates multiple sensing modules, then the reliability of environmental monitoring is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental monitoring reliabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges temperature sensing, humidity sensing, and gas concentration detection into a single integrated portable device with unified processing. This combining of multiple sensing functions into one system improves environmental monitoring reliability through coordinated multi-parameter measurement while managing device complexity through integrated architecture and centralized data processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

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 device provides enhanced user comfort assessment by accurately combining temperature, humidity, and gas concentration data, improving the display of comfortability distribution areas and user experience through graphical representation.

Implementation Method 1

The temperature and humidity sensing module is disposed inside the device main body and electrically connected to the signal control module, for detecting temperature and humidity of an environment surrounding the portable electronic device so as to obtain an ambient temperature value and an ambient humidity value

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTemperature sensing:

Implementation Method 2

The gas detection module is disposed inside the device main body and electrically connected to the signal control module, for detecting a gas concentration of a predetermined gas surrounding the portable electronic device so as to obtain a gas concentration value

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectGas detection:

Data Source

PatentUS11815275B2Portable electronic device for providing graphical information obtained by combining temperature humidity index with comfortability index
Publication Date: 2023.11.14 RADIANT INNOVATION INC
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AI summary

A portable electronic device includes a signal control module, an information display module, a temperature and humidity sensing module, and a gas detection module. The information display module is configured for providing a plurality of information display images. The gas detection module is configured for detecting a gas concentration of a predetermined gas to obtain a gas concentration value. One of the information display images has a temperature and humidity coordinate graph, and a plurality of comfortability distribution areas shown on the temperature and humidity coordinate graph, an ambient temperature value and an ambient humidity value that are obtained by the temperature and humidity sensing module serve as a temperature and humidity indicator shown on one of the comfortability distribution areas, and the gas concentration value that is obtained by the gas detection module serves as a comfortability indicator shown on one of the comfortability distribution areas.