Wearable Sensor Recording Touching Actions for Medical Diagnosis

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional protective gear does not automatically adjust to user reactions, making it difficult for physicians to diagnose specific injuries, as instinctive physical actions like tapping and kneading are not translated into digital information for accurate diagnosis.

Innovation Solution

A wearable device equipped with sensors on its surface to record and analyze instinctive touching actions, converting them into digital information for diagnosis and providing localized auxiliary functions for symptom relief.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If conventional protective gear is used, then physical protection is provided, but automatic adjustment to user reactions is not achieved

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomatic adjustmentVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The protective gear is equipped with sensors that automatically detect user touching actions and the system autonomously records and transmits this data without requiring manual intervention from the user, achieving self-service functionality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment with electronic sensing and data processing systems. Sensors detect physical touching actions and convert them into digital information that is automatically processed and transmitted to medical devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Loss of information

If manual adjustment of protective gear is performed, then user comfort is improved, but instinctive physical actions are not transformed into digital information

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedigital informationVSAvoidease of operation

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment with electronic sensing and data processing systems. Sensors detect physical touching actions and convert them into digital information that is automatically processed and transmitted to medical devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The sensor acts as an intermediary between the user's physical touching actions and the digital recording system. It captures the mechanical action and translates it into electrical signals that can be processed and stored as digital data

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If physicians rely on patient descriptions, then diagnosis is performed, but accuracy is reduced due to vague pain descriptions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvediagnosis accuracyVSAvoidinformation accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment with electronic sensing and data processing systems. Sensors detect physical touching actions and convert them into digital information that is automatically processed and transmitted to medical devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides objective feedback through recorded sensor data that reflects actual user behavior. This data serves as verifiable information about pain locations and intensities, reducing reliance on subjective patient descriptions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

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 accurate diagnosis by providing digital records of user actions to physicians and offers real-time symptom relief through integrated auxiliary modules, enhancing treatment precision and comfort.

Implementation Method 1

The sensor senses at least one touching action of a user to the surface, and records the location, the force and the number of the touching action

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectPressure sensing: Piezoresistive Effect

Data Source

PatentUS9579069B2Wearable device, electronic apparatus and method for recording user actions

Publication Date: 2017.02.28 WISTRON CORP

AI summary

A wearable device, an electronic apparatus and a method for recording user actions are provided. The wearable device includes a body, at least one sensor and a memory module. An outer part of the body includes a surface, and an internal part includes an accommodating space. The sensor senses touching actions of a user to the surface, and records the location, the force and the number of the touching actions with respective to the surface, so as to form touching information corresponded to the touching actions. Thus, when the user is dressed the wearable device, the sensor senses and stores instinctive physical touching actions of the user relative to the user body covered by the wearable device, and the touching actions can become the basis of the diagnosis by the doctor.