Biometric Feedback Control of Sensory Service Physical Resources

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing sensory services struggle to dynamically adjust their physical resources in real-time to ensure user safety and enhance experience based on individual biometric data, leading to potential health risks and inconsistent experiences.

Innovation Solution

A system that aggregates biometric data from users and adjusts network-controllable physical resources such as visual, audio, and tactile elements in sensory services like entertainment rides, using wearable sensors and a network-based processing system to maintain users within safe biometric ranges and tailor experiences accordingly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If sensory services use fixed physical resources without real-time adjustment, then device complexity is reduced, but user safety and experience quality deteriorate due to inability to respond to individual biometric variations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser safetyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic adjustment of physical resources (lighting, audio, tactile elements) based on real-time biometric data from wearable sensors. The system continuously monitors user physiological states and modifies sensory service parameters accordingly, transforming static resources into adaptive, responsive elements that enhance safety and experience quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system establishes a closed-loop feedback mechanism where biometric sensors continuously collect user data, the processing system analyzes this information, and physical resources are adjusted in response. This real-time feedback cycle enables the system to respond to individual user needs, maintaining safety while personalizing the sensory experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If sensory services collect and process individual biometric data for each user, then experience personalization is improved, but device complexity and data processing requirements worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveexperience personalizationVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a multi-functional processing system that handles multiple tasks: collecting biometric data from various sensors, analyzing physiological states, determining appropriate service adjustments, and controlling different types of physical resources (lighting, audio, tactile). This universal system consolidates multiple functions into a single platform, managing complexity through integration rather than proliferation of separate systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically processes biometric data and adjusts physical resources without requiring manual intervention or complex configuration. The processing system autonomously interprets biometric information, determines appropriate responses, and implements adjustments, reducing the operational complexity burden on users or operators.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If sensory services adjust physical resources in real-time based on biometric data, then user experience quality is improved, but loss of time for data collection and processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveexperience delivery efficiencyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring biometric data before critical thresholds are reached. By proactively detecting changes in user physiological states and preemptively adjusting physical resources, the system avoids reactive delays and maintains continuous, seamless experience delivery without significant time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements continuous biometric monitoring and continuous adjustment of physical resources, eliminating interruptions or pauses in the sensory service. This uninterrupted flow of data collection, processing, and resource adjustment maintains productivity while minimizing time loss through seamless operational continuity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS11040290B2Network-controllable physical resources for sensory service
Publication Date: 2021.06.22 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P
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AI summary

Methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for adjusting a network-controllable physical resource of a sensory service in response to biometric data for a group of users are disclosed. In one example, a processing system including at least one processor may gather biometric data of each user of a group of users of a sensory service. The sensory service may comprise at least one network-controllable physical resource. The processing system may then aggregate the biometric data for the group of users and tailor the sensory service for the group of users based upon the biometric data for the group of users that is aggregated. In one example, the tailoring of the sensory service may include adjusting the at least one network-controllable physical resource in response to the biometric data that is aggregated for the group of users.