Wearable Motion and Pressure Control for Hands-Free Activity Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is no easy or convenient system for efficiently collecting, compiling, and storing data that accurately depicts an individual's efforts during physical activities such as biking, swimming, skiing, and extreme sports like sky diving and ice climbing, as individuals often cannot operate cameras or stopwatches due to their hands being occupied during these activities.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus comprising orientation measurers and pressure meters worn on the body, connected to a computer processor and data transmitter, which remotely control a physical activity monitoring device to capture images, measure time, and maneuver vehicles, allowing users to control data collection and storage without using their hands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional monitoring systems (cameras, stopwatches) are used during physical activities, then data collection accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates because users cannot manually operate these devices when their hands are occupied
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces wearable sensors (orientation measurers, pressure meters) as intermediary devices that automatically detect user actions and transmit control signals to monitoring equipment. This mediator system eliminates the need for manual operation while maintaining accurate data collection, resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables users to control monitoring devices through their natural body movements and physiological signals. The wearable sensors automatically interpret user actions (e.g., arm movements, muscle pressure) as control commands, allowing the system to serve itself without requiring manual intervention from the user
2Ease of operation
If wearable sensors with data transmission are integrated into the system, then ease of operation is improved by enabling hands-free control, but device complexity increases due to multiple sensors and communication components
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device integrates multiple functions into a single unit: orientation sensing, pressure measurement, data processing, and wireless communication. By making the wearable sensor system multi-functional, the patent reduces the need for separate devices while maintaining hands-free control capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple sensors (orientation measurers, pressure meters) and processing components into an integrated wearable unit. This merging approach consolidates complexity into a single wearable device rather than requiring multiple separate systems, making the solution more manageable
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AI summary
An apparatus for remote controlled physical activity monitoring, the apparatus comprising: at least one orientation measurer, wearable on at least one body part of a user, configured to measure orientation of a body part wearing the orientation measurer during a physical activity of the user, at least one pressure meter, wearable on at least one body part of the user, configured to measure pressure applied by muscle of a body part wearing the pressure meter during the physical activity of the user, a computer processor, associated with the orientation measurer and pressure meter, configured to derive monitoring control data from the measured orientation and pressure, and a data transmitter, associated with the computer processor, configured to transmit the monitoring control data to a physical activity monitoring device, and thereby to remotely control a monitoring of the physical activity of the user by the physical activity monitoring device.