Intelligent Docking Platform for Localized Occupant Service Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current home and industrial automation systems are inefficient in providing tailored environmental stimuli and energy delivery, leading to unnecessary resource consumption and cluttered spaces due to the lack of integration and centralized control, which fails to adapt to individual needs in real-time.
Innovation Solution
A unified platform with a logical controller and sensor array that integrates lighting, fragrance, sound, and climate control systems, using artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect user needs and deliver energy and mass locally, allowing for personalized and adaptive environmental modifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate devices are used for lighting, fragrance, sound, and climate control, then each device can be independently controlled, but the system becomes complex and consumes more energy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate control devices (lighting control, fragrance dispensing, sound control, climate control) into a single integrated control system that processes inputs from sensors and provides coordinated control to multiple outputs, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining individual device adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The control system is designed as a universal platform that can handle multiple types of devices and sensor inputs through standardized interfaces, allowing it to adapt to different device configurations without requiring separate specialized control systems for each function
2Ease of operation
If multiple separate devices are deployed throughout the space, then localized control is achieved, but the infrastructure and maintenance requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple distributed control functions into a single centralized control system, reducing the number of devices that need to be maintained while preserving localized control capabilities through sensor-based automatic responses and remote control interfaces
3Extent of automation
If traditional automation systems are used, then basic control functions are provided, but energy waste occurs due to lack of real-time adaptation
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates sensors that continuously monitor environmental conditions (light levels, temperature, occupancy, sound levels) and provide feedback to the control system, which automatically adjusts device operation to match actual needs, eliminating energy waste from unnecessary operation while maintaining high automation
Solution Approach 2:
The control system dynamically adapts its operation based on real-time sensor inputs, continuously adjusting lighting levels, fragrance dispensing rates, climate control settings, and sound levels to match current environmental conditions and occupancy patterns, thereby preventing energy waste while maintaining sophisticated automation
Data Source
AI summary
An integrating device 200 for supporting one or more devices 207 capable of delivering mass, energy and/or information to occupants localized to a sub-area of a room is combined with sensors 212 capable of detecting occupants within one sub-area or another and processor 206 which correlates the coordinates of the occupants to those of the delivery devices 207 and a controller 206 that drives the specific sub-area device to provide a localized delivery of services such as lighting, heating, cooling, sound and video, intercom, noise cancellation systems, information, entertainment content, connectivity to the internet or social media, and light therapy in an automatic process based on the detected instantaneous needs of the occupant for services.