Temperature Humidity Chamber for Preserving Specimen Shape During Impact Mark Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for detecting potential impact marks on three-dimensional objects, such as garments, are inefficient due to the difficulty in maintaining the object's shape during heat treatment, which leads to inaccurate and distorted results.
Innovation Solution
A temperature and humidity chamber apparatus that allows for precise control of temperature, humidity, and time to react with amino acid reaction-treated specimens, maintaining their three-dimensional shape and enhancing the visibility of potential impact marks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If heat treatment is applied to detect potential impact marks on three-dimensional objects, then the visibility of impact marks is improved, but the object's shape becomes distorted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies controlled temperature and humidity parameters within specific ranges to enable amino acid reactions that reveal impact marks while minimizing shape distortion. By optimizing temperature (e.g., 20-40°C) and humidity levels, the method enhances mark visibility without excessive heat causing specimen deformation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces amino acid reaction reagents as intermediaries that chemically react with sweat residues at impact sites. These reagents serve as mediators between the heat treatment process and the impact marks, enabling detection through chemical color changes rather than direct thermal exposure, thus reducing shape distortion.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If conventional heat treatment methods are used on three-dimensional specimens, then impact marks can be detected, but the detection precision is reduced due to shape distortion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements precise control of temperature, humidity, and treatment time parameters to optimize the amino acid reaction process. By maintaining temperature within 20-40°C and controlling relative humidity levels, the method achieves accurate impact mark detection while preserving specimen integrity and three-dimensional shape.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies amino acid reaction reagents to the specimen before heat treatment. This preliminary chemical treatment allows the reagents to penetrate and react with sweat residues at impact sites, creating visible marks that can be detected with higher precision even under controlled heat conditions that minimize distortion.
3Speed
If high temperature is applied to reveal impact marks, then the reaction speed of amino acid reagents is improved, but the specimen shape is distorted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the temperature parameter to a moderate range (20-40°C) that balances reaction speed with specimen preservation. This controlled temperature range provides sufficient thermal energy for amino acid reactions to proceed at adequate speeds while avoiding the high temperatures that cause three-dimensional specimen distortion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple treatment conditions (temperature, humidity, time) into a composite treatment protocol. By integrating controlled humidity with moderate temperature, the method accelerates amino acid reactions through combined thermal and moisture effects, achieving fast reaction rates without relying on excessive heat alone.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise detection of potential impact marks by applying controlled heat and moisture, optimizing the conditions for various amino acid reaction reagents to accurately preserve and reveal the marks without distorting the specimen's shape.
Implementation Method 1
a specimen treated with an amino acid reaction reagent to react with potential impact marks to take the potential impact marks
Implementation Method 2
applying heat and humidity while maintaining a three-dimensional shape
Implementation Method 3
applying heat and humidity while maintaining a three-dimensional shape
Data Source
AI summary
A temperature and humidity chamber type apparatus for taking potential impact marks according to an embodiment includes: a specimen treated with an amino acid reaction reagent to react with potential impact marks to take the potential impact marks; a chamber in which a receiving space for receiving the specimen is secured; a door for opening and closing the chamber; a supporter formed in the receiving space to receive the specimen; an adjuster for adjusting temperature and humidity in the chamber within a set application time range to take the potential impact marks; a display unit attached to one side of the outside of the chamber to display an operation state in the chamber; a power source; a controller for controlling setting of temperature, humidity, and an application time in the chamber; and an input unit in which the controller operates according to a user's input.