Wearable Biosensor Memory Interface for Data Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable technology systems face challenges in efficiently managing data transfer and storage, particularly in smart clothing, where embedded electronics can be bulky, prone to failure, and difficult to maintain, while also lacking effective means for quality control and counterfeit detection.
Innovation Solution
A wearable article equipped with an erasable and programmable non-volatile memory that allows bidirectional data transfer with an electronic module, minimizing embedded electronics and incorporating a machine-readable code for quality control and identification, enabling secure and efficient data management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If embedded electronics are included in wearable articles for data processing and communication, then functionality and data management capability are improved, but device complexity, bulkiness, and failure rates increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the electronic components (processor, memory, communication module) from the wearable article itself and places them in an external handheld device. The wearable article retains only the essential sensing elements and a minimal interface, thereby reducing its complexity and bulk while maintaining full data management capability through the external device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into two distinct parts: a simplified wearable article containing only sensing elements and interface, and an external handheld device containing all electronic components for data processing, storage, and communication. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently.
2Measurement precision
If more electronic components are added to wearable articles for sensing and communication, then measurement and data processing capability are improved, but reliability and ease of maintenance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
By extracting all complex electronic components from the wearable article and placing them in the external handheld device, the patent minimizes the number of components in the wearable article. This reduces potential failure points while maintaining full measurement and data processing capability in the external device.
3Manufacturing precision
If quality control and counterfeit detection systems are implemented in wearable articles, then product authentication and quality assurance are improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a machine-readable code (such as a QR code or barcode) that serves as a simplified copy or representation of the product's authentication information. This code can be easily manufactured using standard printing techniques while providing robust quality control and counterfeit detection capabilities when scanned by the handheld device.
Data Source
AI summary
A wearable article comprising: a first biosensor; an erasable and programmable memory configured to store information relating to the wearable article and/or the first biosensor; and an interface for connection to an electronic module. The interface is configured to permit the transfer of information between the memory and an electronic module connected to the interface. The electronic module is able to read information from the memory and write information to the memory via the interface. The memory may have a single-wire input-output interface. The information may comprise wearable article size information. The wearable article size information may be used to determine a compensation that should be performed to sensor data received from the wearable article to compensate for electrical properties of the wearable article.