Shower Speaker Orientation Sensor Adaptive Audio Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shower systems do not effectively integrate audio devices, such as speakers, to provide a synchronized audio experience with shower operations, and lack adaptive control mechanisms to adjust audio output based on orientation or ambient conditions.
Innovation Solution
A shower assembly that includes a speaker with a housing, sensor components to detect orientation, and control components to adjust audio output based on orientation and user input, as well as a multi-mode shower device that can adjust water flow in synchronization with audio playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a speaker is integrated into a shower device, then the audio experience is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a speaker with shower device components into a single integrated unit. The speaker is housed within the shower device housing, sharing the same structural space and power source. This merging approach enhances the audio experience while managing complexity through unified design rather than separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The shower device is designed to perform multiple functions: water delivery, audio playback, and orientation sensing. The control system universally manages both shower operations and audio output based on sensor inputs, allowing a single device to serve diverse purposes without requiring separate specialized systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If sensor components are added to detect orientation, then adaptive audio control is enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor system automatically detects the speaker's orientation and the control system autonomously adjusts audio parameters based on this detection. No manual intervention is required - the system serves itself by sensing environmental conditions and making appropriate adjustments to audio output, thereby enabling adaptive control without adding complex user interfaces.
3Reliability
If the speaker housing is made water-resistant, then reliability in shower environment is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The speaker housing incorporates waterproof membranes or flexible sealing layers that protect internal components from water exposure. These thin film barriers provide effective water resistance while being more tolerant to manufacturing variations compared to rigid sealed structures, thus maintaining reliability without excessively stringent precision requirements.
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 integration of sensors and control components in the shower assembly allows for adaptive audio output adjustments, enhancing the user experience by synchronizing audio with shower operations and ambient conditions, while the multi-mode shower device provides a more dynamic and interactive showering experience.
Implementation Method 1
a sensor operable to sense an orientation of the speaker housing
Implementation Method 2
One of the first sensor element and the second sensor element may include a Hall effect sensor element
Data Source
AI summary
An assembly including a speaker and a stand. The speaker including a speaker housing, speaker components supported in the speaker housing and operable to produce and audio output, and a rechargeable power source operable to power the speaker components. The stand being operable to support the speaker, the stand including a stand housing and a stand electrical circuit connectable to an external power source. The speaker and the stand are operable to perform a charging operation, the charging operation including the speaker supported on the stand and power supplied to the rechargeable power source. During the charging operation, the speaker components are operable to produce the audio output.