Indirect Lighting Color Switching for Autonomic Nervous System Balance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern lifestyles often lead to imbalances in the autonomic nervous system, causing health issues due to irregular habits and lifestyles, which existing environmental control systems fail to effectively address.
Innovation Solution
An environmental control system that includes an indirect lighting apparatus capable of changing emission colors, a setting apparatus for user preferences, and a control apparatus that switches between two modes at predetermined times to dominate either the sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system functions by emitting preferred or unpreferred light colors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing environmental control systems are used, then basic environmental control is provided, but they fail to address autonomic nervous system imbalance caused by irregular lifestyles
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically switches between first control and second control modes at predetermined timing to alternately make sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system functions dominant, creating a dynamic balance that adapts to the body's circadian rhythms and addresses autonomic nervous system imbalance
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the emission color parameter of light from the indirect lighting apparatus between two distinct states (first emission color for sympathetic dominance, second emission color for parasympathetic dominance) to regulate autonomic nervous system function
2Adaptability or versatility
If the indirect lighting apparatus emits light of a single fixed color, then the device complexity is low, but it cannot regulate autonomic nervous system balance
Solution Approach 1:
The indirect lighting apparatus is designed with multi-functionality to serve both general illumination purposes and specific autonomic nervous system regulation functions by emitting different emission colors corresponding to sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting apparatus changes its emission color parameter between two distinct states to achieve different physiological effects, enabling a single device to perform multiple regulatory functions without requiring multiple separate devices
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system continuously emits light of one emission color, then the control logic is simple, but it cannot address the need for balancing both sympathetic and parasympathetic functions
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus implements periodic switching between first control and second control at predetermined timing intervals, creating a rhythmic pattern of sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation that mirrors natural circadian cycles and promotes autonomic nervous system balance
Solution Approach 2:
The control system dynamically alternates between two distinct control states rather than maintaining a static condition, allowing the system to adaptively regulate both sympathetic and parasympathetic functions in response to the body's changing needs throughout the day
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AI summary
An environmental control method, including: receiving settings of a favorite emission color of light that the subject likes and an unfavorite emission color of light that the subject does not like; and switching between first control and second control at a predetermined timing, the first control making a function of a sympathetic nervous system of the subject dominant over a function of a parasympathetic nervous system of the subject by causing an indirect lighting apparatus disposed in a space in which a subject is located and capable of changing an emission color of light to emit light having the unfavorite emission color of the subject received, the second control making the function of the sympathetic nervous system of the subject dominant over the function of the parasympathetic nervous system of the subject by casing the indirect lighting apparatus to emit light having the favorite emission color of the subject received.