Five-Sense Stimulation Sequencing to Limit Sensory Overload
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for stimulating multiple human senses lack an optimized approach to enhance brain development and often require complex user-specific adaptations, leading to inefficient and potentially exhausting stimulation.
Innovation Solution
A system that simultaneously stimulates five human senses - sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste - using a head-attachable display, loudspeaker, tactile stimulator, scent emitter, and taste stimulator, with controlled actuation times and sequences to enhance neural development and minimize environmental interference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If all five senses are stimulated simultaneously throughout the entire session, then brain plasticity and neural connections are maximized, but sensory overload occurs and user exhaustion increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies periodic action by structuring the stimulation session into alternating phases: intensive stimulation phases where all five senses are activated simultaneously, followed by rest phases where stimulation is reduced or暂停. This periodic pattern allows the brain to benefit from intense multi-sensory input while also having opportunities to process and consolidate information, preventing sensory overload and user exhaustion.
2Adaptability or versatility
If stimulation is adapted to user behavior during the session, then individualized brain development is enhanced, but system complexity and preparation requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining multiple standardized stimulation protocols that incorporate different patterns of multi-sensory and single-sense stimulation. These protocols are prepared in advance with predetermined sequences and parameters. During the session, the system can select and execute the most appropriate pre-defined protocol based on basic user characteristics, achieving personalized adaptation without requiring complex real-time analysis or extensive preparation.
3Productivity
If continuous multi-sensory stimulation is provided, then neural development is maximized, but user attention and learning consolidation decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by introducing structured rest intervals within the stimulation session. During these rest phases, one or more senses are temporarily deactivated while others continue or pause, creating natural breaks in the stimulation pattern. These periodic interruptions allow the brain to consolidate newly formed neural connections and transfer information to long-term memory, preventing attention fatigue while maintaining overall productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the continuous stimulation session into discrete segments or blocks, each with specific stimulation patterns. The session is segmented into intensive stimulation segments followed by rest segments, allowing different cognitive processes to occur at different times. This segmentation enables both efficient neural connection formation during stimulation phases and effective memory consolidation during rest phases.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for performing a session of stimulation of five senses A, B, C, D and E of a human user and to a system for performing the method. The session of stimulation comprises determined stimuli of the five senses and a determined stimulation time for each stimulus of the determined stimuli; the method comprises producing each stimulus of the determined stimuli at the respective stimulation time for the respective stimulus by actuating stimulators of the five senses; in first portions of a period of the session a simultaneous stimulation of A, B, C, D and E is produced; and in each portion of the period of the session between two consecutive first portions of the session: at least one of A, B, C and D is stimulated, and E is not simultaneously stimulated with the stimulated at least one of A, B, C and D.