Wireless Alarm System With Haptic Secondary Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current alarm systems, which rely on audible alarms, often wake unintended individuals, and monitoring systems require users to wear devices, causing inconvenience, while also lacking customization options.
Innovation Solution
An alarm and monitoring system comprising a primary device and secondary devices that communicate wirelessly to generate alarms through auditory, visual, and haptic means, allowing customization based on user settings and device capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If audible alarms are used, then the alarm can be heard clearly, but it may wake unintended individuals
Solution Approach 1:
The alarm system transitions from a uniform audible alarm to localized haptic feedback delivered through the secondary device's vibration motor. The haptic alarm is confined to the physical contact point between the secondary device and the user's body, providing targeted alerting without radiating sound waves that could disturb others.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces the acoustic alarm mechanism with a haptic feedback mechanism. Instead of using a speaker to generate sound waves, the system uses a vibration motor to create mechanical vibrations that are transmitted through the secondary device's housing to the user's skin, providing tactile alerting.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If silent-type alarms are worn on the wrist, then they can alert the user without sound, but they cause inconvenience to the user
Solution Approach 1:
The secondary device is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a notification device for haptic alarms and a monitoring device for tracking user activities such as sleep patterns, exercise, and daily routines. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate wearable devices.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring the user to actively wear a dedicated alarm device on their wrist, the system inverts the approach by allowing the user to carry or place the secondary device anywhere on their person or in their environment. The device passively provides haptic feedback when needed, rather than requiring active wearing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If prior alarm systems are used, then they provide basic alarm functionality, but they lack customization options according to user settings
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors user responses to alarm events and automatically adjusts alarm parameters. When the user interacts with the alarm (such as touching or moving the secondary device), the system learns from this feedback and modifies future alarm behavior to better suit the user's preferences and patterns.
Solution Approach 2:
The alarm system transitions from static, pre-configured alarm settings to dynamic, adaptive parameters that change based on real-time user behavior and environmental conditions. The system can adjust vibration intensity, duration, and patterns based on the user's current state and historical data.
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AI summary
An alarm and monitoring system including a primary device and at least one secondary device, the alarm and monitoring system including at least one controller configured to: determine whether at least one alarm event is set; establish a wireless communication between a primary device and the secondary device, when it is determined that the alarm event has been set; transmit an alarm event signal including alarm information from the primary device to the secondary device in accordance with the alarm event that is determined to have been set; generate an alarm signal by the secondary device in accordance with at least the alarm information; and render the generated alarm signal on a rendering device.