Removable Wearable Electronics Module for Activity-Range Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable articles lack a system to provide real-time visual feedback on a user's activity level, such as heart rate zones, to ensure safe and effective exercise performance.
Innovation Solution
A wearable assembly with an electronics module that processes sensor data to determine if the user's activity is within a predetermined allowable range and emits light to indicate this status, using a traffic light system for easy understanding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If wearable articles incorporate sensors and electronics modules to monitor physiological status, then measurement precision and reliability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate functional modules: a wearable article with sensing components, a removable electronics module with processing capabilities, and a visual feedback system. This segmentation allows the sensing function to remain simple in the wearable article while concentrating complex processing in the electronics module, resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and device complexity.
2Loss of information
If the system provides detailed real-time feedback on physiological parameters, then information completeness is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to information overload
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses color-coded visual feedback (e.g., green for safe activity levels, red for dangerous levels) to convey complex physiological status information. This transforms detailed numerical data into intuitive visual signals that are easy to interpret at a glance, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides immediate visual feedback through light sources that change based on processed sensor data. This closed-loop feedback mechanism continuously monitors activity levels and provides real-time guidance, ensuring users understand their status without needing to interpret complex data sets.
3Device complexity
If the wearable article integrates processing components directly into the garment, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of repair and adaptability worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The electronics module is designed as a dynamic, removable component that can be detached and replaced as needed. This allows the system to maintain low overall complexity while enabling adaptability - users can swap electronics modules for different functions or repair purposes without replacing the entire wearable article, resolving the contradiction between device complexity and adaptability.
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 and observers to quickly ascertain whether the user is in a safe training zone, preventing fatigue and potential injury by providing clear visual feedback.
Implementation Method 1
a light source configured to emit light based on the determination by the processor
Data Source
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AI summary
The wearable article comprises a sensing component. The electronics module (100) comprises an (interface 109) arranged to couple with the sensing component to receive signals. A processor (101) of the module (100) is configured to process the signals. The signals relate to the activity of a user wearing the wearable article. The processor (101) is configured to process the signals to determine whether the activity of the user is within a predetermined allowable range. A light source (103) of the module (100) is configured to emit light based on the determination by the processor (101). The emitted light indicates whether the activity of the user is within the predetermined allowable range. The electronics module (100) also comprises a housing. The processor (101) and light source (103) are provided in the housing. The housing is constructed such that light emitted by the light source (103) is visible from the outside surface of the housing.