Wearable Device Posture-Based Weather Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of portable electronic devices face complicated operations when trying to access weather information, requiring them to navigate through applications or web pages.

Innovation Solution

A wearable electronic device with a fix unit, detection unit, posture determination unit, acquisition unit, and display unit that detects the user's posture and displays weather information or images when a predetermined condition is met, simplifying the process of accessing weather information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If users navigate through applications or web pages to access weather information, then weather information can be obtained, but the operation process becomes complicated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveweather informationVSAvoidoperation process
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The wearable electronic device automatically detects user posture and retrieves weather information without requiring manual navigation through applications or web pages. The system serves itself by monitoring posture conditions and autonomously acquiring and displaying relevant weather data, eliminating the need for user intervention in the information retrieval process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The device pre-configures posture detection conditions and weather information acquisition rules in advance. When predetermined posture conditions are met, the system has already prepared the mechanism to automatically retrieve and display weather information, eliminating the need for users to manually search through applications during the moment of need.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the wearable electronic device automatically detects posture and displays weather information, then operation is simplified, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation processVSAvoiddevice structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wearable electronic device integrates multiple functions including posture detection, condition determination, weather information acquisition, and display capabilities into a single unified system. This multi-functional integration allows the device to automatically simplify operations for users while managing the complexity internally through shared hardware and software resources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9798139B2Wearable electronic device and display method
Publication Date: 2017.10.24 LENOVO SOFTWARE
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AI summary

A wearable electronic device and a display method are described. The wearable electronic device includes a fix unit, by which the wearable electronic device can maintain a position relationship with respect to a first part of a user body; a detection unit, configured to detect a posture of the first part of the user body, and to acquire a detection result; a posture determination unit, configured to determine whether the detection result meets a predetermined acquisition condition; a first acquisition unit, configured to acquire weather information when the posture determination unit determines that the detection result meets a predetermined acquisition condition; an image generation unit, configured to generate a weather image corresponding to the weather information; and a display unit, configured to display the weather information and/or the weather image.