Variable Door Resistance Conveys Indoor Mood
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Solution Overview
Problem
It is difficult for individuals outdoors to intuitively recognize the feelings of those indoors, leading to potential stress when interacting with someone whose mood is not favorable, as existing communication methods lack direct feedback on indoor emotions.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that includes a feeling detector to quantify user emotions indoors and an opening-closing controller to adjust the resistance of openable and closable instruments, such as doors, based on the detected mood, allowing for intuitive conveyance of feelings to those outdoors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If language communication is used to convey feelings indoors, then information transmission is superior, but outdoor individuals cannot intuitively recognize indoor feelings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (door opening-closing resistance) that translates indoor feelings into tangible physical feedback. The door's resistance to opening becomes a mediator that conveys the resident's emotional state to outdoor individuals without requiring verbal communication, thus solving the information loss problem while maintaining intuitive recognition.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the verbal communication mechanism with a mechanical feedback system. Instead of relying on language to convey feelings, the system uses the mechanical resistance of the door opening-closing mechanism to transmit emotional information, making the feeling recognition intuitive and immediate for outdoor individuals.
2Loss of information
If door opening-closing resistance is increased to convey negative feelings, then feeling communication is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the door opening-closing resistance variable rather than fixed. The resistance dynamically adjusts based on the resident's emotional state, increasing when negative feelings are detected and decreasing when positive feelings are detected. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to convey feelings effectively while adapting to different operational requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of opening-closing resistance according to the resident's feeling state. By modulating this physical parameter, the system encodes emotional information into the door's mechanical behavior, enabling outdoor individuals to intuitively perceive indoor feelings through the ease or difficulty of door operation.
3Ease of operation
If automatic door closer is used to reduce human power, then ease of operation is improved, but feeling communication capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a feedback mechanism where the door opening-closing resistance responds to and reflects the resident's emotional state. This feedback loop allows the door system to not only ease operation through automatic closing but also to communicate feelings by modulating resistance based on real-time emotional detection, thus recovering the feeling transmission capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the door opening-closing system multi-functional by enabling it to serve both as an automatic closer that eases operation and as a feeling communication device. The same mechanical system simultaneously provides ease of operation through automatic closing and conveys emotional information through variable resistance, achieving universality.
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[Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to intuitively convey a feeling of a person located indoors to a person located outdoors.[Solution] An information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires a feeling of a user located indoors; and a control unit that controls an opening-closing resistance of an openable and closable instrument, according to the feeling of the user.