US20210015244A1 - Electronic backpack - Google Patents
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Abstract
An illustrated view of an exemplary backpack for providing alerts and notification of specific events and information. The backpack is useful for providing an alert or notification to a user of the backpack of important items to remember to take at the end of a day. The backpack is also useful for reminders to eat, hydrate and directions for hikers and/or backpackers. Further the backpack is useful setting reminders for various events and thus removing the need for an additional reminder device. The backpack has an electronic system that can alert the user of the various events and activities further, the electronic system is coupled to an external light to visibly alert the user. The electronic system may further alert the user by audio voice or sounds.
Description
- This invention relates to backpacks. More particularly, it relates to electronic notification systems for backpacks.
- A backpack, also called knapsack, rucksack, rucksack, pack, sack pack, or back sack, is, in its simplest frameless form, a cloth sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders, but it can have an external frame, internal frame, and there are bodypacks.
- Backpacks are commonly used by hikers and students, and are often preferred to handbags for carrying heavy loads or carrying any sort of equipment, because of the limited capacity to carry heavy weights for long periods of time in the hands.
- Large backpacks, used to carry loads over 10 kilograms (22 lb.), as well as smaller sports backpacks (e.g. running, cycling, hiking and hydration), usually offload the largest part (up to about 90%) of their weight onto padded hip belts, leaving the shoulder straps mainly for stabilizing the load. This improves the potential to carry heavy loads, as the hips are stronger than the shoulders, and also increases agility and balance, since the load rides nearer the wearer's own center of mass.
- Backpacks are heavily identified with students, and are a primary means of transporting educational materials to and from school. In this context they are sometimes known as bookbags or schoolbags. The purchase of a suitably fashionable, attractive, and useful backpack is a crucial back-to-school ritual for many students.
- Typical school backpacks generally lack the rigid frame of an outdoor-style backpack and include only a few pockets in the front in addition to the main storage compartment. While traditionally very simple in design, school backpacks are often made with padded shoulder straps and backs as well as additional reinforcement to hold large numbers of heavy textbooks, as well as safety features such as reflective panels to make the wearer of the pack more visible at night.
- A backpack has become a valuable accessory for school children and adults everywhere. The backpack is currently designed to only carry papers, books, computers, computer accessories, etc. If a person needs to have a reminder of what is in the backpack, items to remember to take, homework or work assignments coming due, water bottles, etc. a separate device is required to keep track of those reminders.
- In light of the foregoing, there is a need for a backpack to have capabilities to remind a user of the backpack of specific events that are approaching, items to remember to take, when to rehydrate, etc.
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FIG. 1A is an illustrated view of an exemplary backpack. -
FIG. 1B is an illustrated view of an exemplary display of the exemplary backpack shown inFIG. 1A . -
FIG. 1C is an illustrated view of display icons for the exemplary display shown inFIG. 1B . - The phrases “in one embodiment,” “in various embodiments,” “in some embodiments,” and the like are used repeatedly. Such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. The terms “comprising,” “having,” and “including” are synonymous, unless the context dictates otherwise. Such terms do not generally signify a closed list.
- “Above,” “adhesive,” “affixing,” “any,” “around,” “both,” “bottom,” “by,” “comprising,” “consistent,” “customized,” “enclosing,” “friction,” “in,” “labeled,” “lower,” “magnetic,” “marked,” “new,” “nominal,” “not,” “of,” “other,” “outside,” “outwardly,” “particular,” “permanently,” “preventing,” “raised,” “respectively,” “reversibly,” “round,” “square,” “substantial,” “supporting,” “surrounded,” “surrounding,” “threaded,” “to,” “top,” “using,” “wherein,” “with,” or other such descriptors herein are used in their normal yes-or-no sense, not as terms of degree, unless context dictates otherwise.
- Reference is now made in detail to the description of the embodiments as illustrated in the drawings. While embodiments are described in connection with the drawings and related descriptions, there is no intent to limit the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein. On the contrary, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications and equivalents. In alternate embodiments, additional devices, or combinations of illustrated devices, may be added to, or combined, without limiting the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein.
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FIG. 1 , an illustrated view of anexemplary backpack 100 for providing alerts and notification of specific events and information. Thebackpack 100 is useful for providing an alert or notification to a user of the backpack of important items to remember to take at the end of a day. Thebackpack 100 is also useful for reminders to eat, hydrate and directions for hikers and/or backpackers. Further thebackpack 100 is useful setting reminders for various events and thus removing the need for an additional reminder device. - The
backpack 100 has anelectronic system 200 and alight 300. - The
backpack 100 has abody 101. Thebody 101 has afront 102, amiddle 103 and aback 104. Thebody 101 of thebackpack 100 is preferably made of a waterproof material, but may be non-waterproof. Thebody 101 of thebackpack 100 is preferably made of a fabric material, such as cloth, rayon, nylon, etc. but other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, plastic, poly-vinyl chloride (PVC), etc. - The
front 102 of thebody 101 of thebackpack 100 has afirst pocket 105, asecond pocket 106 and afirst compartment 107. Thefirst pocket 105 and thesecond pocket 106 are useful for storing smaller items such as pens, pencils, paperclips, etc. - The
first compartment 107 of thebody 101 of thebackpack 100 has aclosure 108 and aninterior 109. Theclosure 108 of thefirst compartment 107 of thebody 101 of thebackpack 100 is preferably a zipper, but other closures are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, Velcro, snaps, etc. - The
interior 109 of thefirst compartment 107 of thebody 101 of thebackpack 100 is preferably has alining 110. Thelining 110 of theinterior 109 of thefirst compartment 107 of thebody 101 of thebackpack 100 has afirst side 111 and a second side (not shown). - The
electronic system 200 is coupled to theinterior 109 of thefirst compartment 107 of thebody 101 of thebackpack 100. Theelectronic system 200 has adisplay 201, acomputing device 202 and apower supply 203. - The
power supply 203 is preferably a rechargeable battery but other types of power supplies are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, disposable battery, solar, ac/dc, etc. Thepower supply 203 is electrically coupled to thecomputing device 202 of theelectronic system 200, thedisplay 201 of theelectronic system 200 and thelight 300. - The
computing device 202 is coupled to thedisplay 201 of theelectronic system 200. Thecomputing device 202 is useful to store information/data for the user, contain software to activate and provide alerts to the user and optionally to communicate with external devices. The external devices are preferably applications on computing devices, but other devices are hereby contemplated. The protocol to communicate between theelectronic system 200 and the external devices is preferably IEEE 802.11 (WiFi), but other protocols are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, IEEE 802.15 (Bluetooth), 3GPP, 3GPP2, Wireless 4G, Wireless 5G, etc. - The
display 201 of theelectronic system 200 displays information pertinent to the user communicated by thecomputing device 202. Thedisplay 201 is described in further detail inFIG. 1B . - The
light 300 is coupled to theback 104 of thebackpack 100 substantially near themiddle 103 of thebackpack 100. Thelight 300 is preferably a light emitting diode (LED) lamp, but other types of lamps are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, liquid crystal display, etc. Thelight 300 preferably is illuminated in a color depending on an event determined at thecomputing device 202 of theelectronic system 200. - Moving now to
FIG. 1B , an illustrated view of thedisplay 201 of theelectronic system 200 shown inFIG. 1A is presented. - The
display 201 has afirst side 204 and asecond side 205. Thesecond side 201 of thedisplay 201 preferably has aYES section 206 and aNO section 207. TheYES section 206 and theNO section 207 are useful for requesting acknowledgement of the completion of an alerted condition. - The
display 201 is preferably a light emitting diode (LED) display, but other types of displays are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, liquid crystal display, etc. - The
first side 204 of thedisplay 201 displays information/data and alert information determined by thecomputing device 202 of the electronic system 200 (shown inFIG. 1A ). Thefirst side 204 of thedisplay 201 preferably has acurrent time 208, one or more current alerts orinformation 209 and one ormore icons 210. - The
computing device 202 ofFIG. 1A determines the alert or condition to display at thedisplay 202. Thedisplay 202 indicates the determined alert orinformation 208. The current alert orinformation 208 displayed is presently “COAT” 211 and anicon 213. The display of the “COAT” 211 may trigger an alert sound or may trigger the light 300 to become lit or blinking. The icon 212 displayed to represent theCOAT 211 alert is acoat 213. - The
COAT 211 indicates that the user should remember to bring their coat with them. TheYES section 206 and NOsection 207 may become lit and/or blinking such that the user records their adherence to the alert or lack of adherence to the alert. TheYES section 206 and NOsection 207 may further request feedback from the user when the user has failed to indicate adherence or if the user had selected theNO section 207 of thedisplay 201. - The
computing device 202 further communicates to thedisplay 201 to display an event of “HOMEWORK” 214. TheHOMEWORK 214 indicates that the user has homework due in the near term. TheYES section 206 and NOsection 207 may become lit and/or blinking such that the user records their adherence to the alert or lack of adherence to the alert. TheYES section 206 and NOsection 207 may further request feedback from the user when the user has failed to indicate adherence or if the user had selected theNO section 207 of thedisplay 201. Theicon 215 displayed to represent theHOMEWORK 214 alert is abook 215. -
FIG. 1C illustrates a subset of the icons 20 representing the alerts or information that may be any of the following, though theicons 202 is not limited to those discussed below or anywhere within this application. Theicons 202 are awater bottle 216, abook 215 and a jacket orcoat 213. Other icons may be added and/or deleted and associated at thecomputing device 202 with an event or information that may be communicated to be displayed and alerted at thedisplay 201. - In the numbered clauses below, specific combinations of aspects and embodiments are articulated in a shorthand form such that (1) according to respective embodiments, for each instance in which a “component” or other such identifiers appear to be introduced (with “a” or “an,” e.g.) more than once in a given chain of clauses, such designations may either identify the same entity or distinct entities; and (2) what might be called “dependent” clauses below may or may not incorporate, in respective embodiments, the features of “independent” clauses to which they refer or other features described above.
- Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing specific exemplary processes and/or devices and/or technologies are representative of more general processes and/or devices and/or technologies taught elsewhere herein, such as in the claims filed herewith and/or elsewhere in the present application.
- The features described with respect to one embodiment may be applied to other embodiments or combined with or interchanged with the features of other embodiments, as appropriate, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
- Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.
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1. A backpack for display and alerting of events, the backpack comprising:
a body, the body comprising:
a front, the front having a first compartment;
an electronic system, the system comprising:
a power source;
a computing device, the computing device being electrically coupled to the power source; and
a display, the display being communicatively coupled to the computing device; and wherein the display being electrically coupled to the power source; and
a light, wherein the light being communicatively coupled to the computing device, wherein the light being electrically coupled to the power source, wherein the light being coupled to the back of the backpack substantially near the middle of the backpack, and wherein the light emitting a light when a communication from the computing device indicates to light the light.
2. The backpack of claim 1 , wherein the backpack being made of a fabric material.
3. The backpack of claim 2 , wherein the fabric material being nylon.
4. The backpack of claim 2 , wherein the material being waterproof.
5. The backpack of claim 1 , wherein first compartment further comprising an interior and a closure;
the interior having a lining, the lining having a first side and a second side.
6. The backpack of claim 5 , wherein the closure being a zipper.
7. The backpack of claim 5 , wherein the display being coupled to the first side of the lining.
8. The backpack of claim 5 , wherein the computing device being coupled to the second side of the lining.
9. The backpack of claim 5 , wherein the power source being coupled to the second side of the lining.
10. The backpack of claim 1 , wherein the power source being a rechargeable battery.
11. The backpack of claim 1 , wherein display being a light emitting diode (LED) display.
12. The backpack of claim 1 , wherein the light being a light emitting diode (LED) lamp.
13. The backpack of claim 1 , wherein the display further comprising:
a first section, wherein the first section displays a list of events and a list of icons representing each of the events; and
a second section, the second section having a YES section and a NO section, wherein the YES section being for acknowledging of the alerted event and the NO section being for disavowing the alerted event.
14. The backpack of claim 13 , wherein the selection of the NO section causing the display to request acknowledgment of the completion of the event.
15. The backpack of claim 13 , wherein the lamp being light when the list of events is displayed.
16. The backpack of claim 14 , wherein the lamp being lit a determined color depending on the event.
17. The backpack of claim 14 , wherein the light indicating the alert by blinking.
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