Shared-Space Light and Shutter Synchronization for Personalized Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Shared spaces often have inconsistent physical characteristics that fail to accommodate the diverse needs of individuals, such as varying illumination levels and visibility requirements for different activities, making it challenging to customize sensory experiences for multiple users simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A sensory input control system comprising a system controller, illumination peripherals, and wearable vision obstruction devices that synchronize lighting and occlusion of visual fields using a shared clock to provide personalized sensory experiences by selectively turning on or off illumination sources and occluding/unoccluding fields of view based on predefined time slots, allowing users to perceive different lighting conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single set of physical characteristics is provided for the shared space, then the system is simple and easy to operate, but it cannot accommodate diverse individual needs and activities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the shared space into multiple perceptual zones by providing different illumination sources (first illumination source, second illumination source) that can be independently controlled. Each user receives a customized subset of these illumination sources, effectively dividing the unified space into personalized sensory experiences without physically partitioning the space.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by providing different illumination characteristics to different users in the same physical space. Each user receives tailored illumination parameters (brightness, color temperature, timing) suited to their specific needs, creating localized sensory environments within the shared space.
2Illumination intensity
If illumination is made brighter to facilitate activities like reading, then reading comfort is improved, but it disturbs users who need dimmer lighting for activities like sleeping
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful effect of excessive illumination from the shared space by providing selective illumination to individual users. Users who need bright light for reading receive it through their assigned illumination sources, while users who need to sleep are provided with dim or off illumination, effectively removing the disturbance caused by uniform bright lighting.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic action by controlling illumination sources to operate at different times or in different sequences. The system can provide bright illumination to one user during specific time periods while providing dim illumination to another user during overlapping or complementary time periods, allowing both reading and sleeping activities to occur without mutual disturbance.
3Adaptability or versatility
If videos and images are displayed to some individuals, then entertainment value is improved, but it may be unwanted or distracting for other individuals
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts unwanted visual content from the shared space by delivering videos and images only to specific users through their personalized illumination sources. Users who want entertainment receive visual content, while users who prefer a calm environment are excluded from receiving such stimulation, effectively removing the harmful effect of unwanted visual content.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple illumination sources are provided with different characteristics, then user customization options are improved, but controlling and coordinating these sources becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a controller as an intermediary device that manages multiple illumination sources. The controller receives user preferences and automatically coordinates the operation of different illumination sources, handling the complexity of timing, intensity, and sequencing. This intermediary absorbs the control complexity, allowing users to benefit from multiple customized illumination sources without directly managing their coordination.
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AI summary
A system controller may provide a shared clock source to multiple illumination peripherals and multiple wearable vision obstruction devices having shutters. The multiple illumination peripherals may selectably turn on and off during different timeslots and the shutters of the multiple wearable vision obstruction devices may selectably occlude and un-occlude vision of users during the different time slots. By modulating the illumination peripherals and the shutters, different users may perceiver different sensory inputs in a shared environment. For instance, users may experience brighter or dimmer illumination, or may experience different types of illumination. One user may view a movie on an LCD screen while the LCD screen appears blank to another user. In this manner, a passenger cabin of an aircraft may provide individualized sensory experiences to different passengers sharing the aircraft cabin.