Multi-Subject Environmental Control Using Arousal-Level Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing environment-control systems fail to effectively manage the arousal levels of multiple individuals in a shared space, as they do not consider the varying responses of subjects to environmental changes, leading to unintended deterioration of arousal levels in some individuals.
Innovation Solution
An environment-control apparatus that uses a state information grasping unit and control unit to manage multiple environment control means, such as temperature, humidity, and lighting, based on individual and collective state information and response characteristics, to optimize arousal levels across multiple subjects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If environmental control means are used to adjust arousal levels, then work efficiency can be improved, but the system complexity increases due to multiple control parameters
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus employs multiple types of environment control means (air conditioner, lighting apparatus, window blinder) that can serve multiple functions. These devices not only control their primary environmental parameters (temperature, illuminance, shading) but collectively work together to regulate the arousal levels of subject persons. This multi-functionality allows the system to improve work efficiency through arousal level management without requiring entirely new specialized equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit operates as a feedback control system that continuously monitors the arousal levels of subject persons and adjusts environmental parameters accordingly. By measuring the current arousal level and comparing it with the target arousal level, the control unit dynamically modifies environmental conditions to maintain optimal arousal levels. This feedback mechanism enables effective arousal level control while managing system complexity through automated regulation rather than manual intervention.
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AI summary
An environmental control equipment control apparatus controls an environment of a target space using a plurality of environmental control equipment. The control apparatus includes a receiver and an electronic controller. The receiver may receive state information relating to states of a plurality of subject persons. In this case, the electronic controller controls a plurality of kinds of environmental control equipment such that the state information of the plurality of subject persons received by the state information receiver satisfies a predetermined target state condition. The receiver may receive a second environmental stimulus given to a subject person other than a first environmental stimulus caused by control of the environmental control equipment. In this case, the electronic controller controls the environmental control equipment such that an influence of the second environmental stimulus received by the environmental stimulus receiver on the subject person is cancelled or reduced.