Wearable Garment Liveness Detection for Automatic Network Activation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart garments are limited to local communication protocols and lack efficient mechanisms to activate wireless network services, leading to inefficient battery usage and the need for manual registration processes.
Innovation Solution
A wearable device, such as a garment, equipped with a liveness detection module that automatically generates an activation message to activate wireless network services upon being worn, using a communicator to transmit the message to a server, enabling communication over long-range networks and reducing power consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If the garment operates in low power mode continuously, then battery consumption is reduced, but the garment cannot activate wireless network services when needed
Solution Approach 1:
The liveness detection module continuously monitors whether the garment is being worn in the background, preparing the activation condition before the user needs to use the garment's wireless network capabilities. When wear is detected, the system is already ready to immediately activate services without requiring manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The garment automatically detects when it is being worn and autonomously generates and transmits activation messages without requiring user input or manual configuration. The system serves itself by using the liveness detection module to trigger activation based on wear status.
2Extent of automation
If the garment manually registers for wireless network services, then network activation is controlled by the user, but the process is complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The garment autonomously performs the entire activation process by automatically generating activation messages, transmitting them to the server, and receiving confirmation without requiring any manual registration steps from the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures the activation message generation and transmission mechanisms before use. When wear is detected, the activation process can be immediately executed without requiring the user to navigate registration procedures.
3Productivity
If the garment transmits activation messages continuously, then network services are activated promptly, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The liveness detection module operates periodically or continuously in a low-power state to monitor wear status, and only activates the full transmission sequence when wear is detected. This periodic monitoring approach enables rapid activation when needed while minimizing overall energy consumption compared to continuous full-system operation.
Data Source
AI summary
The wearable device (10) comprises a liveness detection module (103) arranged to detect whether the wearable device (10) is being worn by a user. The wearable device (10) comprises an activation message module (105) arranged to generate an activation message for requesting that wireless network services be activated for the wearable device (10) in response to the liveness detection module detecting that the wearable device is being worn. The wearable device (10) comprises a communicator (107) arranged to transmit the activation message to a server operable to activate wireless network services for the wearable device (10). The wireless network services are to be activated for a first wireless network. The communicator (107) is arranged to transmit the activation message via a second wireless network that the wearable device (10) is activated to transmit data on.