Moving Object Control for Emotion-Based Environmental Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies do not consider changing a moving user's surrounding environment based on their emotions, limiting their ability to adapt to conditions such as rain or sunlight, which can affect their comfort.
Innovation Solution
A control system and method that estimates a user's emotion and controls a moving object to adjust their surrounding environment, using a combination of emotion estimation, heat maps, and environmental sensors to determine necessary adjustments, such as providing shelter from rain or sunlight.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed device such as a beach parasol is used to control the surrounding environment, then the device can provide shelter from rain or sunlight, but it cannot track a moving user and adapt to changes in the user's position
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by transforming the fixed parasol into a moving object that can dynamically follow the user's position. The moving object includes a movement unit that enables it to change its location based on user position information, thereby providing continuous environmental control (shelter from rain/sun) while adapting to the user's movement throughout the space.
2Ease of operation
If the moving object changes the surrounding environment based on user emotion, then user comfort is improved, but the system complexity increases due to emotion estimation and environmental control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by using an emotion estimation unit that continuously monitors user emotional states and feeds this information back to the control system. The controller then adjusts the moving object's behavior and environmental parameters based on this feedback, creating a closed-loop system that automatically adapts to user needs without requiring manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies self-service by enabling the moving object to autonomously estimate user emotions, determine appropriate environmental adjustments, and execute control actions without human input. The emotion estimation unit and controller work together to make the system self-regulating, automatically providing comfort based on real-time emotional assessment.
3Reliability
If multiple sensors and control mechanisms are integrated into the moving object, then the ability to respond to user emotions and environmental conditions is enhanced, but the weight and power consumption of the moving object increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing the moving object to perform multiple functions with integrated components. The emotion estimation unit serves both emotional assessment and environmental monitoring purposes, while the movement unit and control mechanisms are designed to handle various tasks (tracking, shelter provision, environmental adjustment) through a unified system architecture, reducing redundant energy consumption.
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AI summary
[Object] To provide a control system, a control method, and a storage medium through which a moving object can change a surrounding environment of a user depending on an emotion of the user.[Solution] Provided is a control system including: an estimation unit that estimates an emotion of a user; and a moving object controller that controls a moving object to change a surrounding environment of the user depending on the estimated emotion.