Moveable Wheelchair Seating With Haptic Motion for ADA Immersion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing venues lack wheelchair-accessible seating options that provide immersive experiences comparable to those of able-bodied spectators, failing to meet ADA compliance regarding accessibility and inclusivity.
Innovation Solution
Implementing moveable wheelchair-accessible seating locations equipped with haptic technology that can oscillate and generate vibrations synchronized with the event, providing a comparable immersive experience to spectators using wheelchairs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fixed wheelchair seating locations are provided, then ADA compliance is achieved, but the immersive experience and engagement with the event are limited compared to able-bodied spectators
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the Dynamics principle by providing moveable wheelchair seating locations that can be repositioned along accessible routes within the venue. The seating locations are not fixed but can be moved to different positions while remaining on accessible routes, allowing wheelchair users to choose optimal viewing positions that provide comparable lines of sight and immersive experiences to able-bodied spectators, while maintaining ADA compliance through continuous accessibility
2Adaptability or versatility
If wheelchair seating locations are provided in all areas including sky boxes, then inclusivity is improved, but the complexity of ensuring accessibility across all areas increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the Universality principle by designing moveable wheelchair seating locations that can serve multiple areas of the venue including general seating areas, sky boxes, and specialty areas. The same moveable seating design is used throughout the venue, allowing a single standardized solution to provide accessibility across diverse locations, thereby reducing overall system complexity while improving inclusivity
3Quantity of substance
If more than three hundred seats are provided, then more wheelchair seating locations are required, but providing choices of admission prices and views becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the Dynamics principle by providing multiple moveable wheelchair seating locations distributed throughout the venue that can be positioned to offer various viewing angles and proximity to the event. This dynamic positioning capability allows wheelchair users to select from multiple options with different admission prices and view qualities, comparable to the choices available to able-bodied spectators, even in large venues with more than 300 seats
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
Ensures ADA compliance by offering wheelchair users an immersive experience similar to able-bodied spectators, enhancing their enjoyment of events while ensuring equal access and inclusivity.
Implementation Method 1
the moveable platform can oscillate to generate vibrations to create the experience of touch
Data Source
AI summary
The wheelchair accessible seating locations provide new immersive experiences to people using wheelchairs in viewing an event at a venue while being ADA-compliant. These wheelchair accessible seating locations can be moved along one or more principal axes, such as the x-axis, the y-axis, and/or the z-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system to provide some examples, as the people using wheelchairs is viewing the event. These wheelchair accessible seating locations can oscillate along the one or more principal axes to generate vibrations to create the experience of touch to the people using wheelchairs to provide these new immersive experiences to the people using wheelchairs in viewing the event. These movements of the wheelchair accessible seating locations can coincide with, for example, be synchronized to, the event to provide the people using wheelchairs with a substantially similar immersive experience as other spectators of the event that are seated in the seats within the venue.