Smart Card Case with AI Tracking for Graded Sports Cards
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices and systems lack the ability to effectively organize, track, manage, and secure graded sports card collections, leading to inefficiencies, inventory management inaccuracies, and inadequate protection.
Innovation Solution
A smart card vault or case with software integration, utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) and image recognition technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML), to provide real-time inventory management, location tracking, and enhanced security features through a mobile app.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If graded collectible slabs are stacked for storage, then space utilization is improved, but the ability to discern and identify individual collectibles deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color-coded labels or indicators on the slabs that change or vary to represent different collectible types, grades, or categories. This allows collectors to quickly distinguish between different slabs even when stacked, solving the identification difficulty while maintaining space-efficient stacking storage.
2Productivity
If multiple slabs are stacked for compact storage, then storage efficiency is improved, but quick identification and organization of individual slabs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary identification system such as QR codes, barcodes, or RFID tags on each slab that can be quickly scanned or read. This intermediary mechanism enables rapid identification and organization of slabs without requiring manual inspection, thus reducing time loss while maintaining efficient stacking storage.
3Device complexity
If traditional storage methods are used for graded slabs, then device simplicity is maintained, but organizational capability and security protection deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a multi-functional storage system that combines basic physical protection with digital identification, tracking, and organization capabilities. The system serves multiple functions including secure storage, inventory management, and collectible identification, thereby enhancing adaptability and organizational capability while maintaining relatively simple device structure.
4Ease of operation
If graded slabs are stored without individual identification, then storage simplicity is maintained, but inventory management accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital copy or representation of each physical slab through QR codes, barcodes, or database entries that contain detailed information about the collectible. This digital twin system enables accurate inventory management and tracking while maintaining the simplicity of physical storage, as users can manage inventory digitally without complicating the physical storage process.
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AI summary
A smart card case with software integration for organization, digital management and location, and protection of a plurality of collectibles secured therein. The smart card case provides a plurality of collectible storage areas, each storage area configured to store one collectible of the plurality of collectibles. A light indicator is operatively associated with each storage area so that the light indicator moves between an activated state and a deactivated state when a collectible occupies or is absent from the collectible storage area, respectively. Each collectible may have a readable identifier configured to be read by a mobile computing device loaded with the systemic software so that the plurality of characteristics of the collectible is remotely trackable by way of the software. The systemic software also identifies captured images of collectibles to identify them and prompt users for additional characteristics and parameters which are managed by the software.