Event Recognition Engine for Automated Response to Detected Stimuli
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of information handling systems may be unable to recognize or respond to events in their vicinity due to distractions or disabilities, such as being hearing-impaired or not being near the system, leading to missed notifications or delayed responses.
Innovation Solution
An event recognition and response system comprising an event sensor, an event recognition engine, and an action profile database that detects events and performs predetermined actions based on matched profiles, allowing for automated recognition and response to various stimuli like sounds, locations, or movements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users rely on their own perception to recognize events, then they can respond to events they notice, but users with disabilities or distractions cannot recognize or respond to events in their vicinity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an event sensor as an intermediary device that detects events in the user's vicinity and transmits this information to the information handling system. This mediator bridges the gap between physical events and the user, enabling reliable event recognition even when the user cannot directly perceive events due to hearing impairment, distraction, or absence.
2Loss of time
If users must directly perceive and respond to events, then response requires active user attention, but users may be distracted or unable to provide timely responses
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting events through sensors, recognizing event patterns through the event recognition engine, and executing predetermined actions without requiring active user intervention. The system serves itself in monitoring and responding to events, freeing the user from the burden of constant attention while maintaining rapid response times.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring action profiles that define predetermined responses to specific event types. When an event is detected and matched to a profile, the system automatically executes the pre-planned action, eliminating the need for users to think or decide how to respond, thus reducing response time and eliminating delays caused by distraction.
3Reliability
If the system provides comprehensive event monitoring, then all events can be detected, but the system complexity increases with multiple sensors and processing components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a multi-functional event recognition engine that can process inputs from various types of sensors (audio, motion, environmental) through a single unified processing platform. The engine uses a standardized action profile matching mechanism that works across different event types, reducing the need for separate specialized processing systems for each sensor type and thereby managing complexity while maintaining comprehensive monitoring capability.
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AI summary
An event recognition and response system includes an event sensor. An event recognition engine is coupled to the event sensor. An action profile database is coupled to the event recognition engine. The event recognition engine is operable to receive an event input from the event sensor, compare the event input to a plurality of action profiles in the action profile database and, upon determining that at least one action profile in the action profile database matches the event input, perform a predetermined action.