Smart Helmet Remote Control for Hands-Free Sports Recording
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart helmets are inconvenient for communication and control during outdoor sports due to reduced mobile phone functionality in cold environments and the difficulty of operating them with gloves, leading to potential accidents.
Innovation Solution
A smart helmet with a remote control featuring a button and a wireless communication module that connects with the helmet to control microphone functions, allowing for hands-free communication and recording, using protocols like Bluetooth, ANT+, or infrared for seamless operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a speaker and microphone are set up on the helmet for communication function, then communication capability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates because the helmet is worn on the head making hand operation inconvenient and dangerous
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into two separate components: the helmet worn on the head and a remote control device held in the hand. The helmet contains the speaker and first microphone, while the remote control contains the button and second microphone, allowing communication functions to be separated from the head-mounted device for easier operation.
Solution Approach 2:
A remote control device serves as an intermediary between the user's hand and the helmet's communication system. The remote control transmits control signals wirelessly to the helmet, enabling the user to control communication functions without directly operating the helmet itself.
2Adaptability or versatility
If mobile phone is used for communication during outdoor sports in cold environments, then communication function is available, but reliability deteriorates due to reduced mobile phone functionality in low temperatures
Solution Approach 1:
The communication function is extracted from the mobile phone and implemented as a dedicated helmet-mounted system with remote control. This specialized system is designed to operate reliably in cold environments without depending on mobile phone functionality, which degrades in low temperatures.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the remote control system automatically detects microphone presence, then adaptability improves for different remote control configurations, but device complexity increases due to automatic detection and conditional processing
Solution Approach 1:
The helmet's control module receives feedback from the remote control about microphone presence through the connection request. Based on this feedback, the system automatically adjusts its behavior: if a microphone is detected on the remote control, the helmet's microphone is not activated; if no microphone is detected, the helmet's microphone is activated for recording.
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 convenient hands-free communication and recording during sports without increasing equipment burden or affecting the progress of activities, with strong compatibility whether the remote control carries a microphone or not, ensuring safe and efficient interaction.
Implementation Method 1
a first wireless communication module and a second wireless communication module, the first wireless communication module is configured to send to the helmet a connection request
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a smart helmet having a remote control and a remote control method thereof, comprising: a remote control and a helmet, wherein the remote control comprising a button and a first wireless communication module; and the helmet comprising a second wireless communication module, a center control module, a first microphone module, and a power supply, the power supply being configured to provide electricity to the second wireless communication module, the center control module, and the first microphone module. With the smart helmet having a remote control and the remote control method thereof provided in the present invention, recording is controlled by the remote control, suitable for sport events such as skiing where it is unadvisable to take out a mobile phone for communication.