Implantable RFID Microchip Segmentation for Power and Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing micro electronic devices implanted or worn by humans lack the capability to interface, control, store information, communicate with other devices, locate in the environment, act as sensors, take pictures or videos, or sense environmental factors due to their small size and power limitations, limiting their use in accessing building resources, managing medical records, and providing geo-location services.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of implantable or wearable micro electronic devices, particularly RFID microchips, that communicate with mobile devices to utilize features such as user interface services, data processing, telecommunication services, location services, sensor/transducer services, camera services, and clock services, enabling secure and practical access to building resources, medical records, and geo-location services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If micro electronic devices are made smaller for implantation or wearable use, then they can be implanted or worn by humans, but they lose the capability to interface, control, store information, communicate, locate, sense, or capture media
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides functionality between two components: a small implantable/wearable micro electronic device that provides identification and basic communication, and a larger mobile device that provides advanced processing, storage, and interface capabilities. This segmentation allows the micro device to remain small while the system as a whole maintains full functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device acts as an intermediary between the micro electronic device and external systems. It receives data from the micro device via RFID or other wireless communication, then processes, stores, and interfaces with building access systems, medical record systems, and other external resources.
2Volume of moving object
If micro electronic devices are made smaller, then they can be implanted or worn, but their power capacity is reduced limiting their operational capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts power-intensive functions from the micro electronic device and relocates them to the mobile device. The micro device only performs low-power identification and wireless communication, while the mobile device handles data processing, storage, and complex communication protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The micro electronic device is designed to be self-powered through passive RFID or energy harvesting from the mobile device's electromagnetic field, eliminating the need for a large battery while maintaining operational capability.
3Volume of moving object
If micro electronic devices are made smaller, then they can be implanted or worn, but they cannot store or process information
Solution Approach 1:
The micro electronic device is nested within the mobile device ecosystem. The micro device contains only essential identification data, while the mobile device provides extensive storage and processing capabilities, effectively nesting the small device within the larger computational environment.
Solution Approach 2:
The micro electronic device transmits identification data to the mobile device, which then creates a digital copy for processing and storage. This allows the micro device to remain minimal while the system maintains full information capability through the mobile device's copy.
4Volume of moving object
If micro electronic devices are made smaller, then they can be implanted or worn, but they cannot communicate with other devices or systems
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device provides universal communication interfaces that can interact with multiple different systems (building access, medical records, vehicles, computers). This multi-functionality compensates for the micro device's limited communication capabilities, allowing the combined system to communicate with diverse external resources.
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 solution provides a practical, reliable, and secure means for humans to access building resources, manage medical records, and utilize geo-location services, enhancing the functionality of micro electronic devices beyond their previous limitations.
Implementation Method 1
The micro electronic devices utilize features and devices of the mobile device such as user interface services, programming services, data processing and storage services, telecommunication services, location services, sensor/transducer services, camera services, clock services, temperature and weather services, and the like.
Data Source
AI summary
A system, apparatus and method utilize a micro electronic device implanted in a person or group of persons, or wearable thereby, to manage a variety of activities, including interrogating an RF microdevice for information. The microdevice has a housing, an antenna, a microprocessor, a tuning capacitor, and a transducer such as a location transponder, a thermometer, a heart rate transducer, a blood pressure transducer, and an information storage element. The method includes the steps of providing the microdevice and attaching it to a person. The person brings the microdevice near a login system having an RF reader and a login processor. The reader communicates with the microdevice via RF signals, and signals the login processor to corroborate an identification code from the microdevice. If the login processor corroborates the identification code, it signals the microdevice to permit access to information from the transducer. If the login processor does not corroborate the identification code, access to the information is not permitted.