Personal Protective Field Generator Using Skin Effect
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional insect repellents rely on harmful chemical means, which can negatively impact the environment, and fail to provide effective protection against insects and other airborne hazards in warm and humid climates.
Innovation Solution
A personal protective field generator using the 'skin effect' is created by generating high-frequency pulses that produce a protective field around the user, repelling insects, dust, and chemical vapors through a combination of electronic components like printed circuit boards, pulse generators, and field transmission units, utilizing the skin effect to create a shield.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If chemical means are used to repel insects, then insect repellency is achieved, but environmental harm increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces chemical means with an electrical/electromagnetic system. High-frequency electrical pulses are generated and conducted through the user's skin to create a protective field that repels insects without releasing harmful chemicals into the environment. This substitutes a mechanical/electrical system for a chemical one, eliminating environmental contamination while maintaining insect repellency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces the user's skin as an intermediary medium. Instead of applying chemicals directly to repel insects, the system uses the skin as a conductor for high-frequency electrical pulses, which then generate a protective field around the user. The skin acts as the mediator between the electrical signal source and the insect-repelling field, eliminating the need for external chemical agents.
2Reliability
If conventional chemical repellents are used, then insect protection is provided, but effectiveness in warm and humid climates is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the fundamental parameter of insect repellency from chemical concentration to electrical frequency. By using high-frequency electrical pulses (typically above 20kHz), the system creates a protective field that is effective in warm and humid climates where chemical repellents fail. The high frequency parameter ensures the protective field remains stable and effective under challenging environmental conditions.
3Reliability
If high-frequency pulses are generated through the skin, then a protective field is created, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the user's body a multi-functional component of the system. The skin serves simultaneously as the electrical conductor, the signal transmission medium, and the interface for generating the protective field. This eliminates the need for separate transmission cables, antennas, or additional hardware, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining protective field generation capability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively repels insects and other airborne hazards without using chemicals, providing a non-conventional and environmentally friendly means of personal protection by generating a consistent protective field around the user.
Implementation Method 1
The protective field generated by the present invention is conducted through the user's skin, by using a byproduct of high frequency known as the 'skin effect.'
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AI summary
A personal protective field generator utilizes at least one pulse generator to generate one or more carrier signals, which are then modulated by a signal modulator unit and output through a field transmission unit in order to create a personal protective field around a user or other object through the “skin effect,” a byproduct of high frequency pulses at specific voltages. The personal protective field created through the skin effect can repel unwanted contact with the user such as insects, dust, chemical vapors or other environmental hazards.