Wearable Message Display Device With Remote Programmability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable display devices lack the capability to programmatically display customizable text messages on an upper body garment from a remote device, limiting their functionality in conveying dynamic visual information.
Innovation Solution
A wearable display device comprising a panel with a display screen mounted on it, a harness for securing the panel to the user's torso, and a controller for entering and sending messages to be displayed on the screen, allowing for flexible and programmable text, symbolic, or graphic messages to be shown facing either forward or backward.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a display screen is integrated into an upper body garment, then visual information can be displayed on the user's person, but the device lacks programmability to display customizable text messages from a remote device
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into two separate components: a wearable display unit integrated into the garment and a remote controller. This segmentation allows the display garment to remain simple while the programmability functionality is located in the separate controller, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
A wireless communication intermediary (such as Bluetooth or other wireless protocol) connects the remote controller and the display screen. This intermediary enables programmability and remote message transmission without requiring complex integrated wiring or control circuits within the garment itself, thus maintaining simplicity while achieving customization capability.
2Ease of operation
If the display screen is made flexible to conform to the torso, then it can be worn comfortably, but the structural integrity and display quality may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen utilizes flexible display technology, employing thin-film transistor (TFT) structures and flexible substrates that maintain display functionality while conforming to the curved surface of the human torso. This allows the display to be both wearable and reliable, resolving the contradiction between comfort and functional integrity.
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AI summary
A wearable message display device for displaying a customizable message from one's person includes a panel having a top end, a bottom end, a front face, a back face, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. A display screen is mounted on and faces away from the front face of the panel. The display screen is programmable to selectively display a message. A harness is attached to and extends between the top end of the panel, the first lateral side, and the second lateral side of the panel. The harness extends around the back face of the panel. A controller is operationally coupled to the display screen and includes an input for entering the message to be displayed on the display screen.