Smart Mobility Device Dynamic Display Activation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobility aid devices, such as walkers and rollators, primarily assist users with mobility challenges but lack advanced features to enhance user experience and safety.
Innovation Solution
The development of smart mobility devices equipped with a frame, wheels, a seat, displays, sensors, and electronic communication components, which provide features like automatic display activation, user preference settings, health monitoring, and emergency alert systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple displays are provided in the smart mobility device, then user interaction and information accessibility are improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts display activation based on detected user presence. When a user approaches or interacts with the device, the relevant display is activated. When no user is present, displays are deactivated to conserve power. This dynamic on/off switching resolves the contradiction between providing multiple interactive displays and minimizing power consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobility device autonomously manages its own power consumption by using sensors to detect user presence and automatically activating or deactivating displays without user intervention. The system self-regulates which displays are active based on real-time detection of user interaction needs, eliminating the need for manual power management while optimizing energy usage.
2Ease of operation
If displays are always powered on, then user interaction is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous operation, the displays operate periodically based on detected user presence. The system enters low-power states when no user is detected and activates displays only during periods when user interaction is needed. This periodic activation pattern resolves the contradiction by providing displays when necessary while consuming minimal power during idle periods.
3Ease of operation
If automatic display activation based on user presence is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor system serves multiple functions: detecting user presence for display activation, monitoring user interaction patterns, and potentially tracking mobility metrics. By using the same sensor infrastructure for multiple purposes, the patent reduces the net increase in device complexity while achieving automatic display activation and enhanced user interaction capabilities.
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AI summary
The application describes example of enhanced capability (also referred to as smart) mobility aid devices, such as rollators, wheel-chairs, walkers, crutches, canes and the like, as well as apparatuses, systems, and processes for enhancing the capabilities of mobility aid devices.