Multi-Sensory Profiling via Mobile Device Normalization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack the capability to test all five human senses (vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste) individually and combine the results into a comprehensive performance profile score.
Innovation Solution
A sensory testing system that utilizes a mobile-device-centered application and remote server to conduct individual tests for all five senses, process the results, and generate a relative sensory profile score, which can be filtered by gender and age.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If individual sensory tests are conducted using separate testing means for each sense, then each sense can be tested independently, but there is no system to combine and process all five senses into a comprehensive profile
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines five separate sensory testing systems (visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile) into a single integrated platform that processes all senses through a common mobile application and remote server architecture, enabling comprehensive sensory profiling
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device serves as a universal platform that hosts multiple sensory test applications, while the remote server provides universal processing capabilities for all five senses, allowing a single system to perform diverse sensory evaluation functions
2Measurement precision
If a comprehensive system testing all five senses is implemented, then complete sensory profiling is achieved, but the system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The remote server acts as an intermediary that receives raw data from all five sensory tests, processes and normalizes the data, and generates comprehensive profiles, thereby reducing the processing burden on individual testing devices
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by comparing individual sensory scores against population norms and generating relative profiles, allowing continuous refinement of measurement accuracy through statistical comparison
3Ease of operation
If mobile devices are used for sensory testing, then ease of operation and accessibility improve, but differences in display and sound outputs between devices affect test consistency
Solution Approach 1:
The system adjusts display parameters (brightness, contrast, color gamut) and audio parameters (volume, frequency response) based on the specific mobile device being used, normalizing test conditions across different devices
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces physical calibration equipment with software-based normalization algorithms that automatically adjust test parameters based on device specifications, eliminating the need for manual calibration while ensuring consistency
Data Source
AI summary
The invention is an application-guided, human-senses testing system having tests for all five human senses. A user uses a mobile device to test one's senses and comparative results are provided by a network-lined remote server.