Taste Feedback Mechanism Synchronized With Multimedia Scenes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current immersive experiences, such as 4D/5D movies, do not provide taste feedback, limiting the user's ability to experience the sensory feedback of eating specific foods during scenes.
Innovation Solution
A feedback device and system that synchronizes with multimedia playback to provide taste feedback through a processor-controlled mechanism releasing taste materials corresponding to labeled paragraphs in the media content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If immersive experiences use visual, auditory, tactile, and olfactory feedback, then sensory immersion is improved, but taste feedback is missing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the taste feedback system into independent components: a container storing multiple taste materials, a providing mechanism for releasing taste materials, and a processor for controlling the release timing. This segmentation allows the taste feedback system to be integrated into existing immersive experience systems without interfering with other sensory feedback mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a processor as an intermediary that receives control signals from the media player and translates them into commands for the providing mechanism. This intermediary coordinates the synchronization between multimedia playback and taste material release, ensuring that taste feedback occurs at the correct moments corresponding to specific content in the multimedia file.
2Adaptability or versatility
If taste materials are provided synchronously with multimedia playback, then immersive experience is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor in the feedback device serves multiple functions: it receives control signals from the media player, interprets the timing information from the multimedia file, controls the providing mechanism, and manages the release of appropriate taste materials. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate control systems and simplifies the overall device architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-processing the multimedia file to identify labeled paragraphs and determine the timing for taste material release. The container is pre-loaded with multiple taste materials before playback begins. This preliminary preparation allows the providing mechanism to release the correct taste material at the correct time without complex real-time decision-making, thereby reducing device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple taste materials are stored in a container, then flavor variety is improved, but material management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning specific spatial positions to different taste materials within the container. Each taste material is stored in a designated location, and the providing mechanism is positioned to access specific materials based on the playback timing. This spatial organization allows for easy identification and retrieval of the correct taste material without requiring complex management systems.
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AI summary
A feedback device, a feedback system, and a feedback method for taste sense is disclosed, wherein the feedback device includes a processor, a container, and a providing mechanism. Multiple taste materials are stored in the container. When a media player plays a multimedia file to a labeled paragraph, a control signal is sent to the feedback device. After receiving the control signal, the processor controls the providing mechanism to provide a corresponding one of the taste materials for the user to eat. Therefore, the user may obtain taste feedback that is relevant to the label paragraph of the multimedia file through the feedback device.