Wireless Physical Figures for Real-World Activity Evidence

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems lack flexibility in using wireless technology to capture evidence of real-world activities that have both real-world and virtual aspects, limiting their ability to track progress and facilitate development in both environments.

Innovation Solution

Physical figures equipped with wireless communication devices that capture and transmit evidence of real-world activities, enabling wireless communication to confirm progress in virtual spaces and promote development in both real and virtual worlds through proximity detection, sensor data, and media capture.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If existing wireless systems are used to share identifying information and location, then basic proximity detection is achieved, but the flexibility to capture evidence of real-world activities with virtual aspects is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility to capture evidence of real-world activitiesVSAvoidability to track progress and facilitate development

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The physical figures are equipped with wireless communication devices that enable multiple functions: proximity detection, evidence capture, progress tracking, and virtual-real world integration. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the system adaptable to various activity types while maintaining reliable tracking capabilities through standardized communication protocols.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

Wireless communication devices serve as intermediaries between physical figures and the virtual space system. These devices facilitate the transfer of evidence data from real-world activities to virtual progress tracking, enabling the system to capture and verify activities that bridge both physical and virtual domains reliably.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If physical figures have wireless communication devices implanted to capture and transmit evidence, then real-world activity tracking is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveevidence capture accuracyVSAvoidcomplexity of physical figures with wireless devices

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wireless communication device is integrated directly into the physical figure, merging the evidence capture function with the physical object itself. This integration reduces the need for separate external devices and simplifies the overall system architecture while maintaining precise evidence capture capabilities through the combined sensor and communication components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Loss of information

If wireless communication is used to confirm proximity and activities, then real-world to virtual-space progress tracking is enabled, but the system's ability to facilitate development in both environments is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprogress information transmissionVSAvoidfacilitation of development in real and virtual spaces

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system establishes a feedback loop where wireless communication devices capture real-world activity evidence, transmit it to the virtual space system, and update progress information that feeds back to users. This continuous feedback mechanism ensures accurate progress tracking while adapting to different development needs in both real and virtual environments through configurable tracking parameters.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10229608B2Wireless communication between physical figures to evidence real-world activity and facilitate development in real and virtual spaces

Publication Date: 2019.03.12 INTELLIFECT

AI summary

The disclosure generally relates to physical figures having wireless communication devices implanted therein to capture evidence relating to real-world activities that may be required to progress in real-world and/or virtual spaces. For example, the wireless communication devices implanted in the physical figures may confirm proximity to other users and capture evidence indicating that progress has been achieved in real-world missions that may involve teamwork, competition, outdoor activities, and/or other real-world interaction. In one embodiment, the physical figures may have one or more sensors (e.g., accelerometers, gyroscopes, etc.) that can measure activities performed with the physical figures such that the wireless communication devices implanted therein may exchange the sensor measurements in relation to the cooperative and/or competitive interaction therebetween.