Wearable Head Posture Monitoring for Neck-Shoulder Disease Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to effectively monitor and address underlying health issues caused by poor posture, such as neck-shoulder diseases, by only reminding users to correct their posture without considering underlying health conditions, leading to potential health risks.
Innovation Solution
A smart wearable device equipped with motion sensors and wireless communication, which monitors head and neck-shoulder postures in real-time, analyzes for potential diseases, and provides personalized reminders and health monitoring graphs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the system only reminds users to correct their posture, then the simplicity of the system is maintained, but the ability to detect underlying health issues is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a monitoring terminal as an intermediary component that receives posture data from the wearable device and performs disease analysis. This separates the detection function from the reminder function, allowing the wearable device to remain simple while the terminal handles complex health analysis through algorithms that compare posture data against disease criteria.
2Reliability
If the system monitors multiple health parameters, then the comprehensiveness of health monitoring is improved, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex computation and analysis functions from the wearable device and relocates them to the monitoring terminal. The wearable device only performs lightweight posture data collection and transmission, while the terminal handles energy-intensive disease analysis, algorithm execution, and comprehensive health parameter monitoring, thus reducing energy consumption at the wearable device.
3Loss of information
If the system provides detailed disease analysis, then the usefulness of health information is improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring health conditions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the monitoring terminal continuously receives posture data, analyzes it against disease criteria, and provides actionable health information to users. The system compares real-time posture data with stored disease patterns, provides feedback on detected issues, and enables users to take corrective actions, creating a closed-loop health monitoring system that delivers comprehensive information without requiring users to perform complex detections themselves.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables timely detection and correction of potential health issues by providing real-time posture analysis and reminders, helping users to discover and address hidden health dangers.
Implementation Method 1
the smart wearable device is equipped with at least one motion sensor
Data Source
AI summary
A system, method, and smart wearable device for user posture monitoring are provided, which are related to the technical field of data processing. The system comprises a smart wearable device and a monitoring terminal. The smart wearable device is equipped with motion sensor(s) and a wireless communication device. The smart wearable obtains real-time posture data of the user's head through the motion sensor(s) and transmits the posture data to the monitoring terminal using the wireless communication device. The monitoring terminal receives the posture data, monitors whether the user suffers from a head disease and/or a neck-shoulder disease based on the posture data, and outputs a reminder message when the user is identified as having the head disease and/or the neck-shoulder disease. This application enables the analysis and provision of reminders for the user's head disease and/or neck-shoulder disease based on monitoring the posture of the user's head.