Strike-Responsive Rage Pad With Central Electronics Module
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing rage relieving devices have a large footprint, complex construction, and dead spaces that complicate sensor replacement, making them cumbersome and inefficient for use on surfaces like desks or vehicle dashboards.
Innovation Solution
A compact device design with a pad and base that houses all electronics in a central interior space, allowing for removable attachment and integration with vertical surfaces, featuring a self-contained electronics module that detects hand strikes and plays audio responses through a speaker or wireless transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If hardware components are physically separated from sensors in discrete endpoints, then each endpoint provides independent functionality, but the device has a large footprint and complex construction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the sensor and electronics module into a single integrated unit located in the central region, eliminating the need for separate hardware components in each endpoint. This merging reduces construction complexity while maintaining the functionality of detecting strikes across different regions of the device.
Solution Approach 2:
The central electronics module serves multiple functions: it receives signals from sensors in different endpoints, processes strike detection data, and controls audio output. This universal component replaces multiple separate hardware units, simplifying the overall device construction.
2Volume of moving object
If hardware components are located in a central region separated from sensors, then the device can be compact, but sensor replacement becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into modular components: a removable cover that provides access to the electronics module and sensors. This segmentation allows individual components to be easily replaced without disassembling the entire device, facilitating maintenance while maintaining a compact form factor.
3Shape
If a central region with hardware components is created, then the device has a defined structure, but dead space is created that cannot detect strikes
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor and electronics module are merged into a single unit positioned in the central region, allowing the central area to function as both a structural housing and an active strike detection zone. This eliminates dead space while maintaining proper device structure.
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 a compact, versatile, and efficient means to relieve rage by detecting hand strikes and playing audio responses, suitable for desktops, walls, and vehicle dashboards, with easy maintenance and adaptable placement options.
Implementation Method 1
a sensor in each endpoint detects when the endpoint is pounded and the force with which the endpoint is pounded
Data Source
AI summary
A device includes a pad having an outermost upper surface for receiving a hand strike and an outermost bottom surface defining a recess extending upward into the pad and defining a central interior space of the pad; a base removably attached to the pad in covering relation to the recess defined in the bottom surface so as to close off the central interior space; and an electronics module located within the central interior space. The electronics module preferably is configured to detect a hand strike received on the outermost upper surface of the pad and play through a speaker, upon the detection of the hand strike, an audio response. The electronics module includes a sensor for detecting the hand strike. The sense may be an accelerometer or vibration sensor. Additional embodiments of the device also are disclosed.