Wearable Sensor Object Detection and Alert System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable sensor devices lack adaptability to unique user situations and emotional responses to specific physical objects, which can trigger distress or other emotional reactions in individuals with mental conditions, necessitating a system to detect these objects and provide remedial actions.
Innovation Solution
A device and method that utilize a configuration file to detect the presence of triggering objects through images, audio, or GPS, sending alerts and performing remedial actions, such as playing calming music or contacting emergency services, based on predefined parameters set by caregivers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wearable sensor devices are designed for specific applications, then they can provide reliable health monitoring functions, but they lack adaptability to unique user situations and emotional responses to specific objects
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device is configured to perform multiple functions beyond basic health monitoring, including detecting physical objects through sensors (camera, microphone, GPS), identifying triggering objects based on configuration files, and executing remedial actions. This multi-functionality allows the same device to serve both health monitoring and emotional distress prevention purposes, thereby improving adaptability without requiring entirely separate devices for each function.
2Reliability
If the device monitors multiple parameters and performs multiple functions, then it can provide comprehensive care, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Configuration files are created in advance that contain predefined information about triggering objects (images, audio samples, GPS coordinates) and associated remedial actions. When the device detects a triggering object, it can immediately execute the pre-configured remedial action without requiring complex real-time decision-making algorithms, thereby improving reliability while managing device complexity through pre-computation of response strategies.
3Loss of time
If the device immediately sends alerts and performs remedial actions, then it can provide timely intervention, but it may generate false alarms and cause unnecessary disturbances
Solution Approach 1:
The device employs a multi-stage detection and verification process rather than immediate single-action response. When a triggering object is detected, the system can perform partial verification (checking multiple sensor inputs, comparing against configuration file data) before executing the full remedial action. This approach reduces false alarms by requiring multiple conditions to be met while still maintaining relatively quick response times, balancing reliability and loss of time.
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AI summary
A device, computer-readable medium, and method for performing a remedial action in response to detecting a presence of an object are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a configuration file, the configuration file identifying an object, an alert, and a remedial action, detect a presence of the object, wherein the object is a triggering object relating to a mental condition of a user, send the alert to a monitoring device, in response to detecting the presence of the object, and perform the remedial action, in response to detecting the presence of the object.