Wearable Tracking Device With Unique Image Component
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a system that can effectively track individuals, particularly vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly with dementia, to ensure their safety and easy identification, while also associating personal items with their owners for security and familiarity.
Innovation Solution
A wearable tracking device with a unique image component and electronic tracking component that securely attaches to the body, transmitting location data to a management system and allowing for visual identification through customized images on personal items, enhancing recognition and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a wearable tracking device is used to monitor location, then location tracking capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single wearable device: GPS tracking component for location monitoring, image component for visual identification, and management system integration. This merging approach maintains reliable location tracking while consolidating complexity into an integrated unit rather than separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable tracking device serves multiple purposes: it tracks location continuously, provides visual identification through unique images, and enables communication with the management system. This multi-functionality reduces the need for multiple separate devices and systems, thereby managing overall complexity while improving reliability.
2Measurement precision
If an image component is added for visual identification, then identification capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The image component is integrated with the tracking device rather than being a separate system. The management system stores and manages images associated with each tracked individual, combining visual identification capability with location tracking in a unified system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses digital copies of images (photographs, drawings, or other visual representations) that are stored in the management system and displayed on user devices. This approach provides accurate visual identification without requiring physical photo components in the wearable device itself, thereby managing complexity.
3Reliability
If location data is transmitted continuously to the management system, then tracking reliability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic tracking component transmits location data to the management system at predetermined intervals rather than continuously. This periodic transmission maintains reliable tracking functionality while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous real-time transmission.
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AI summary
A tracking device is disclosed. The tracking device includes a band, an electronic tracking component, and an image component. The band is adapted to be secured to a body of a person. The electronic tracking component is embedded within the band. The electronic tracking component is configured to track a location of the tracking device and provide the location of the tracking device to a management system. The image component includes an image that is unique to and identifies the person wearing the tracking device.