Wearable Courier Device with Depth Camera and Scanner
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable devices for courier services are cumbersome and reduce productivity, often requiring additional devices like scanners and readers, which can hinder user efficiency and hygiene.
Innovation Solution
A wearable device equipped with a depth camera, scanner, speaker, and processor that allows users to perform tasks like scanning barcodes and accepting signatures without holding a physical device, enabling hands-free operation and combining multiple functions into one device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If handheld scanners and readers are used for courier services, then scanning and data collection functions are achieved, but user productivity decreases and hands are occupied
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple courier service functions (scanning, reading, data collection, notification) into a single wearable device that can be worn on the body, eliminating the need for handheld tools and enabling hands-free operation while maintaining or improving productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable device integrates multiple functions including depth camera for gesture detection, scanner for barcode decoding, speaker for notifications, and memory for data storage, allowing a single device to perform various courier tasks that previously required multiple separate tools
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple adjunct devices (scanners, card readers, imagers, cameras, displays) are used, then comprehensive courier functions are achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges scanner, card reader, imager, camera, display, and notification components into a single integrated wearable device, reducing the number of separate devices from multiple adjunct tools to one unified system
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable device is designed with universal multi-functionality, incorporating depth camera, scanner, speaker, memory, and processor components that enable it to perform scanning, data collection, communication, and user interaction functions that previously required multiple specialized devices
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed embodiments include wearable devices and methods for performing courier services. In one implementation, the device includes a depth camera for detecting object depths in a field of view, a scanner for decoding visual codes, a speaker for producing audible sounds in response to an electrical signal, memory, and a processor. The processor may execute instructions to detect a scanning event based on a first signal received from the depth camera, determine a scan region associated with the scanning event, provide a second signal to the scanner causing the scanner to decode a visual code located within the scan region, generate scan data based on a third signal received from the scanner, and provide a fourth signal to the speaker causing the speaker to emit a notification sound. The wearable device may also capture signatures, dimension objects, and disable device functions based on time and place restrictions.