The Safariland Auto-Recording Camera & Holster system is a first of its kind. HP and Safariland teamed up to produce the world's first bodyworn camera, which automatically activates when an officer unholsters a gun. Not only does it automatically start recording when an officer unholsters their gun, but it also automatically starts when an officer is in pursuit of a suspect or is tussling with an assailant.
My contributions to the project were in the areas of defining requirements, hardware and software experience design, as well as front-end development help to produce the Technician Tool used to manage and provision the hardware.
HP Lab's Innovation & Strategy Division - Consumer Wearables
Sr. UI/UX Architect
Product Requirements, User Journeys, Hardware Interaction Models, and UI Development.
Considering the project's complexity and how easily it could balloon, we collectively outlined the most critical success metrics and known pitfalls as part of our MVP feature selection. One of our overarching objectives was to provide a net benefit on safety while providing an experience that is more convenient than the alternative.
We needed to build a product that not only stood up to the wear and tear of the elements reliably but also detect extreme physical situations and report back to dispatch. Based on these considerations, we came up with the following Challenges & Objectives.
Challenges
Objectives
Here are some of the features we came up with for the first iteration of the Safariland Auto-Recording Holster & Camera System. The User Experience needed to be as simple as possible while having enough features to be appealing while maintaining limited scope for the initial release.
Considering these devices were being sold to the police precincts, we needed a tool that enabled the departments to manage and upgrade the holsters and cameras as needed. We built this tool, called the Technician Tool, to do just that. The Technician's Tool gave Precinct Management the ability to provision new devices, perform firmware updates, and troubleshoot devices used in the field.
Here is a quick video I captured of Technician Tool once the user interface was fully coded. This video walks through scanning, detecting and connecting to a holster, as well as a quick walkthrough of the menu of this provisioning and management tool - apologies for the poor video quality.
Below are a couple of marketing and product announcement videos Safariland put together. We revealed and demoed the product for the first time at Shot Show, an annual shooting, hunting, and outdoor trade show that both Police and Military frequent.
