Wearable Sensor Tracking for Body Part Location Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for identifying ailing body parts require multiple steps and significant image processing, involving large data analysis, making them cumbersome and inefficient for users to accurately pinpoint the affected area on a body image.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilizes a wearable device with sensors and a processor to track the movement of a pointer from a starting point to a touch endpoint on a body part, employing sensors like gyroscopes and cameras to identify the location, allowing for a single continuous action to select and highlight the affected area on a displayed body image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional image display and touch identification methods are used, then the system can identify body parts, but the process requires multiple advanced steps and large amounts of image processing data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical touch interface on a 2D image display with a wearable device that uses sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer, camera) to detect hand gestures and body part location in 3D space. This substitution eliminates the need for complex image processing while maintaining identification accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from two-dimensional image touch identification to three-dimensional spatial gesture recognition. By using the wearable device's sensors to track hand movements in 3D space, the system can identify body parts without requiring the user to touch a 2D image display, thereby reducing processing complexity.
2Measurement precision
If multiple steps are used for body part identification, then accuracy can be improved, but the time required for identification increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device continuously monitors hand gestures and body movements in advance, so when the user points to or touches a body part, the system already has the spatial data ready for immediate processing. This preliminary continuous monitoring eliminates the need for multiple sequential steps and reduces identification time while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous monitoring of hand gestures and body part locations through the wearable device's sensors, rather than requiring discrete sequential steps. This continuous action allows for immediate and accurate identification of the affected body part without time loss between multiple steps.
3Productivity
If a pointer tracking system is implemented, then the number of steps is reduced to a single continuous action, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device integrates multiple functions into a single device: it serves as both the input interface for body part identification and the processing unit for analyzing hand gestures. By making the device universal and multi-functional, the patent reduces the need for separate complex systems while maintaining high identification efficiency through a single continuous action.
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AI summary
A method and system for identifying location of a touched body part. The method includes initializing a tracking system for monitoring travel of a pointer useful for indicating a touching operation, wherein the touching operation is performed on a body part. In addition, the method includes monitoring the travel of the pointer from a predetermined first location to a second location, wherein the second location coincides with a touch endpoint on a body part; and identifying the location of body part that was touched by the pointer.