Pattern Visualization Device for Controlling User Mood
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack the ability to effectively influence user visual perception to change or reflect a mood, particularly in environments such as shops, homes, and museums.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a control unit, a pattern visualization device, and a sensor that senses environmental parameters to control the relative positioning and illumination of objects, thereby creating or reflecting emotions selected by the user or determined automatically.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a system is designed to control positioning and illumination of objects to affect user mood, then the ability to influence user visual perception and emotional experience is improved, but the device complexity increases due to multiple sensors, actuators, and control units required
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit serves multiple functions: it receives sensor data, determines user mood, controls positioning of objects, and controls illumination parameters. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each function, thereby managing system complexity while achieving adaptability in influencing user visual perception and mood
Solution Approach 2:
The pattern visualization device acts as an intermediary that translates control signals into visual patterns and illumination configurations. This intermediary component simplifies the control architecture by providing a dedicated interface between the control unit and the physical objects, making the overall system more manageable despite its complexity
2Adaptability or versatility
If sensors and control units are added to detect and respond to user mood, then the adaptability to user emotional state is improved, but the cost of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses sensors to automatically detect user mood and emotionally expressive gestures without requiring manual input or intervention. The control unit autonomously processes sensor data and adjusts positioning and illumination accordingly, eliminating the need for additional user interface components and reducing system cost while maintaining high adaptability
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple objects are positioned and illuminated to create specific patterns, then the ability to create emotional patterns is improved, but the device complexity increases due to multiple actuators and control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the control of multiple objects under a single control unit that manages positioning and illumination simultaneously. By combining these control functions and using a unified approach to pattern creation, the system achieves the ability to create complex emotional patterns without proportionally increasing actuator complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes: a control unit; a pattern visualization device; and a sensor couplable to the control unit. The sensor is configured to sense a parameter of an environment surrounding at least two objects and to provide the sensed parameter to the control unit. The control unit is couplable to the at least two objects and to the pattern visualization device. The control unit is configured to control, based on the sensed parameter, a relative positioning of at least a first one of the at least two objects with respect to at least a second one of the at least two objects. The pattern visualization device comprises means for moving at least one of the objects based on the controlling of the relative positioning by the control unit.