Physiological Light Therapy System for Sleep and Mood

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current medical treatments for emotional and sleep problems often have significant side effects and restrict dietary habits, with approximately 38% of depression treatments being ineffective and causing additional health issues.

Innovation Solution

A light healthcare system comprising a physiological sensing device, processor, and light source device that acquires and analyzes user data to output light beams with a green or blue light composition of over 40%, tailored to adjust emotional and sleep states with minimal side effects and dietary restrictions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If medical treatments are used to solve emotional and sleep problems, then treatment effectiveness is improved, but side effects and dietary restrictions increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetreatment effectivenessVSAvoidside effects and dietary restrictions
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces chemical medicine treatment with a physical light therapy system. The light source device emits specific wavelengths (green or blue light accounting for more than 40% of the light beam) to treat emotional and sleep problems, substituting the chemical mechanism of medicines with a physical optical mechanism, thereby eliminating side effects and dietary restrictions while maintaining treatment effectiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the treatment parameter from chemical composition (medicines) to physical parameters (light wavelength and intensity). By controlling the light source to emit specific wavelengths where green or blue light accounts for more than 40%, the system achieves therapeutic effects through parameter optimization rather than chemical intervention, resolving the contradiction between effectiveness and harmful side effects

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If personalized light therapy is implemented based on physiological data, then treatment precision is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetreatment precisionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the treatment process into distinct functional modules: a physiological sensing device for data acquisition, a processor for data analysis and parameter determination, and a light source device for therapy delivery. This segmentation allows each module to perform its specific function independently, improving treatment precision through coordinated operation while managing overall system complexity through modular design

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The processor serves multiple functions within the system: it receives and processes physiological data from the sensing device, determines appropriate light parameters based on the analyzed data, and controls the light source device. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components, thereby improving treatment precision through centralized intelligence while minimizing the increase in system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11197975B2Light health care system and light health care method
Publication Date: 2021.12.14 IND TECH RES INST
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AI summary

A light health care system including a physiological sensing device, a processor, and a light source device is provided. The physiological sensing device is adapted to acquire physiological data of a user. The processor is coupled to the physiological sensing device, and the processor acquires at least one light parameter corresponding to the physiological data according to the physiological data. The light source device is coupled to the processor, and the light source device outputs a light beam according to the at least one light parameter, wherein a green light beam or a blue light beam in the light beam accounts for more than 40% of the light beam. A light health care method is also provided.