Connected Watch Visual Animation Screen Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices, such as smartphones and cameras, used during events like concerts or sporting events, generate visual pollution that disrupts the smooth experience of these events.
Innovation Solution
A connected watch with a first screen for user interaction and a second 'visual animation' screen that broadcasts synchronized visual messages, using a second display management device connected to a server, along with positioning and orientation modules for coordinated display with other watches, employing low-consumption Bluetooth technology and inertial sensors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If electronic devices such as smartphones and cameras are used to capture moments during events, then users can record and share event memories, but visual pollution is generated that disrupts the smooth running of events
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the visual capture function from traditional large devices (smartphones, cameras) and relocates it to wristwatches. By placing small screens on wrists, the system removes the need for users to hold up large devices that block views and create visual pollution, while still enabling event moment capture and sharing.
2Productivity
If multiple connected watches display synchronized visual messages, then a collective display interface is created to enhance the visual show, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges multiple individual watch screens into a single collective display interface. By synchronizing the second screens of multiple watches, the system creates a unified visual display that contributes to the overall spectacle, transforming individual devices into a coordinated ensemble that enhances the event experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a display control server as an intermediary to manage the synchronized display across multiple watches. This mediator coordinates visual messages, handles positioning data, and manages the collective display interface, thereby reducing the complexity burden on individual watches while enabling sophisticated synchronized display capabilities.
3Productivity
If a second screen is added to the watch for visual animation display, then the visual broadcasting capability is enhanced, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the display functionality into two distinct screens: the first screen for essential watch functions and the second screen for visual animation broadcasting. This segmentation allows the visual display to be activated only when needed for events, while the first screen continues to provide core functionality, thereby distributing energy consumption across different operational modes.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention implements periodic activation of the second screen based on event detection. Rather than continuous operation, the visual animation screen is activated periodically when events are detected or when visual messages need to be broadcast, allowing the watch to enter low-power states between activations and thereby reducing overall energy consumption.
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
Enhances the visual experience by creating a synchronized display interface among multiple connected watches, contributing to the overall visual show without causing visual pollution, and optimizing broadcast parameters based on watch positioning and orientation.
Implementation Method 1
the positioning capture module implements a low-consumption BluetoothTM type technology and in particular a functionality of this technology called radiogoniometry
Implementation Method 2
the module for measuring the orientation of the second screen comprises one or more inertial sensors of the accelerometer, gyroscope or miniature multi-axis gyrometer type such as multi-axis sensors manufactured using MEMS technology, capable of detecting angular speeds and linear accelerations along several axes
Implementation Method 3
the module for measuring the orientation of the second screen comprises one or more inertial sensors of the accelerometer, gyroscope or miniature multi-axis gyrometer type
Implementation Method 4
a second screen separate from the first screen cooperating with a second display management device of the watch contributing to the broadcasting of information concerning all or part of a visual message
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AI summary
The invention relates to a connected watch (2) comprising a first screen (3) cooperating with a first display management device (6) of said watch (2) participating in the dissemination of information relating to functions performed by said watch (2) and a second screen (4) distinct from the first screen (3) cooperating with a second display management device (7) of the watch (2) contributing to the dissemination of information concerning all or part of a visual message (5) relating to a visual and/or sound animation included in an environment where said watch (2) is located, said information being transmitted from a display control server (3) driving the second display management device (7) of the watch (2).