In-Vehicle Physiological Feedback for Adaptive Remedial Interaction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems in autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles fail to effectively utilize the free time of occupants by providing interactive solutions tailored to their physiological or emotional states, limiting the enhancement of safety, comfort, and entertainment.

Innovation Solution

An interactive system with sensors and an on-board processing unit that analyzes physiological parameters to adapt remedial exercises, adjusting their parameters based on user feedback and environmental data, using multi-sensory stimuli to improve the user's state.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If existing systems use basic physiological measurements to evaluate user state, then the system can identify basic emotional states, but the system cannot provide personalized adaptive interventions to improve user experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalization of remedial exercisesVSAvoidsystem architecture with multiple modules
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system is divided into distinct functional modules: acquisition module for collecting physiological data, interpretation module for analyzing emotional state, and analysis module for adapting remedial exercises. This segmentation allows each module to specialize in specific tasks, enabling personalized interventions while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where physiological parameters are constantly monitored, emotional state is interpreted, and remedial exercise parameters are adjusted based on real-time analysis. This feedback mechanism enables dynamic personalization of exercises, adapting to user response and optimizing intervention effectiveness throughout the session.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If the system continuously monitors physiological parameters to track user state changes, then the system can adapt remedial exercises in real-time, but the energy consumption and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time adaptation capabilityVSAvoidenergy consumption of processing unit
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs continuous monitoring of physiological parameters but processes data at strategically determined intervals rather than continuously analyzing every data point. The interpretation and analysis modules operate based on significant state changes or predefined thresholds, reducing computational load and energy consumption while maintaining real-time adaptation capability when it matters most.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Measurement precision

If the system collects multiple physiological parameters to improve accuracy of emotional state detection, then the evaluation precision increases, but the measurement device complexity and data processing burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of emotional state detectionVSAvoidnumber of sensors and measurement channels
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs multiple physiological sensors (heart rate, skin conductivity, temperature, respiration) that serve dual purposes: each sensor contributes to both immediate emotional state detection and longer-term user profiling. This multi-functionality allows the system to achieve high measurement precision across different emotional dimensions without proportionally increasing device complexity, as the same hardware infrastructure supports multiple analytical functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12396668B2Interactive system and associated interaction method
Publication Date: 2025.08.26 VALEO SYST THERMIQUES SAS
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AI summary

The invention relates to an interactive system (1) with a user (U) occupying a motor vehicle (100) comprising an interface (3) and an operating system for executing an application. According to the invention, the interactive system (1) comprises a measuring device (5) comprising at least one sensor that is configured to acquire at least one physiological parameter of the user (U), and an embedded processing unit (7). The processing unit (7) comprises an interpretation module that is configured to receive the physiological parameter and to define, on the basis of the physiological parameter, a datum representative of the physiological or emotional state of the user (U), and an analysis module that is configured to compare data representative of the physiological or emotional state of the user (U) before and during the execution of an application for managing a remediation exercise, and to adjust at least one parameter of the remediation exercise according to the results of the comparison. The invention also relates to an interaction method implemented at least partly by such an interactive system.