Personalized ASMR Audio Generation from Imaging Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

The abundance of ASMR content available requires manual navigation, which can be overwhelming and results in a loss of the relaxing effect due to differing user responses, necessitating a solution to personalize audio content based on user environment and mood state.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method that captures imaging data of a user's environment using cameras or LiDAR, processes it with a machine-learning model, and generates personalized audio content, including ASMR-inducing sounds, based on user information and mood state, which can be shared with others for a collaborative experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual navigation of ASMR content is provided, then users can access available content, but the process becomes overwhelming and loses the relaxing effect

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent navigationVSAvoiduser interaction complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically captures imaging data of the user's environment and uses machine learning models to generate personalized ASMR audio content without requiring manual selection. The apparatus self-adjusts based on environmental context and user mood state, eliminating the need for users to navigate through content libraries manually.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically changes audio content parameters based on real-time imaging data and mood state information. The machine learning model adjusts audio characteristics such as sound type, intensity, and composition based on environmental context, transforming static content selection into dynamic adaptive generation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If standardized audio content is provided, then content delivery is simple, but it fails to account for differing user responses and environmental contexts

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent personalizationVSAvoidprocessing requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary capture of imaging data and mood state information before generating audio content. The machine learning model is pre-trained with diverse ASMR content characteristics, enabling it to quickly adapt and generate personalized content based on the captured context without requiring complex real-time processing during content delivery.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The machine learning model acts as an intermediary between the captured environmental data/mood state and the generated audio content. This intermediary processes the imaging data and user information to transform them into personalized ASMR content, simplifying the overall system architecture while enabling high adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If personalized audio content is generated based on imaging data and mood state, then user engagement is enhanced, but processing complexity and computational requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent effectivenessVSAvoidprocessing system
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the personalization process into distinct functional modules: imaging data capture, mood state detection, machine learning processing, and audio content generation. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and distributed across different hardware platforms, reducing the complexity burden on any single device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP4375805A1Audio output
Publication Date: 2024.05.29 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
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AI summary

An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: capturing imaging data relating to a user environment; providing captured imaging data to a processor for generating content based, at least in part, on the captured imaging data, wherein the generated content comprises audio content; receiving said generated content; and providing an audio output to the user based on said generated content.