We are officially inventors!
Excited to share that one of k_o studio experience designs developed in collaboration with Ford Product Development, Enterprise Connectivity Research team, was granted US Patent.
As Experience Designers our role is to investigate how technology makes room for the new, compelling human experiences, that have the ability to differentiate what otherwise would often be a conventional function.
Design is a conversation with a situation at hand. During this conversation we ask different questions.
Questions like: What if connected vehicle as adaptive entity in techno-social situations could actively support mobility as social practice informed by shared values, like courtesy and benevolent collaboration?
Our experience concept that informed what become a patent is called “Ring My Bell” and recognizes mobility as a shared context, organized not just by laws and rules but also by moments of social collaboration and benevolent social practice that can be supported by adaptive essence of connected vehicle and it’s ability to participate with intention in techno-social situations. No moment is to small to start from …. ring ring … ring ring
Patent: Systems And Methods For Providing Proximity Alerts Between Vehicles And Personal Transportation Devices
Patent No: 11189173
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2021