Wearable Electronic Device Synchronizing Team Rhythm via Wireless Presence Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack effective means to enhance cooperation among multiple individuals engaging in synchronized activities without dedicated equipment, such as metronomes or rhythm machines, especially in team sports.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a processor, storage unit, and sensors that determines the presence and behavior of multiple users within a range, generating synchronized rhythm signals to improve coordination among team members through local wireless communication and sensory data integration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If dedicated metronomes or rhythm machines are used to enable synchronized activities, then rhythm synchronization is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (metronome, rhythm machine, presence detection, behavior analysis) into a single electronic device that can be worn by multiple members. This integration eliminates the need for separate dedicated equipment for each function while maintaining rhythm synchronization reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic device performs multiple functions simultaneously: it generates rhythm signals, detects presence of other members via wireless communication, monitors behavior through sensors, and provides feedback. This multi-functionality replaces several dedicated devices with one universal device per member.
2Reliability
If presence determination and behavior determination processing are implemented to improve cooperation, then coordination among members is enhanced, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each electronic device autonomously performs presence determination by detecting other devices via wireless communication and conducts behavior determination by analyzing its own sensor data. This self-service approach distributes processing tasks across multiple independent devices rather than requiring centralized complex processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where each device monitors its own behavior through sensors, compares it with rhythm signals, and adjusts accordingly. This distributed feedback mechanism improves coordination without requiring complex centralized information processing.
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AI summary
An electronic device 10 that are wirelessly connected to other electronic devices within a range of a limited communication distance, and the device has a controller CNT that configured to determine at least one of whether or not there are a plurality of members who each have an electronic device within a predetermined range and whether or not a plurality of members who each have an electronic device show a same behavior, and to transmit, if it is determined that there are a plurality of members who each have an electronic device within the predetermined range, or that a plurality of members who each have an electronic device show a same behavior, a request to the plurality of electronic devices to generate rhythm signals at a same tempo to encourage improvement in cooperation among the plurality of members.