17 Another dimension
To move an object in two- or three-dimensional space.
• Infrared computer mouse moves in space, instead of on a surface, for presentations.
• Five-axis cutting tool can be positioned where needed.
Use a multi-story arrangement of objects instead of a single-story arrangement.
• Cassette with 6 CD s to increase music time and variety
• Electronic chips on both sides of a printed circuit board
• Employees *disappear* from the customers in a theme park, descend into a tunnel, and walk to their next assignment, where they return to the surface and magically reappear.
Tilt or re-orient the object, lay it on its side.
• Dump truck
Use 'another side' of a given area.
• Stack microelectronic hybrid circuits to improve density.
• Infrared computer mouse moves in space, instead of on a surface, for presentations.
• Five-axis cutting tool can be positioned where needed.
Use a multi-story arrangement of objects instead of a single-story arrangement.
• Cassette with 6 CD s to increase music time and variety
• Electronic chips on both sides of a printed circuit board
• Employees *disappear* from the customers in a theme park, descend into a tunnel, and walk to their next assignment, where they return to the surface and magically reappear.
Tilt or re-orient the object, lay it on its side.
• Dump truck
Use 'another side' of a given area.
• Stack microelectronic hybrid circuits to improve density.
Is this principle frequently used?
This principle is rarely used with 87 instances in the matrix.This principle is proposed to solve the following contradictions:
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1/5 2/29 2/37 3/5 3/7 3/10 3/30 3/31 3/32 3/38 4/6 4/32 5/1 5/7 5/22 5/31 5/33 6/21 6/22 6/39 7/5 7/31 8/14 8/37 10/3 10/19 10/35 12/25 12/32 12/39 13/14 14/8 14/13 15/5 15/39 16/30 17/19 17/21 17/22 17/26 17/36 18/25 18/34 19/13 19/34 19/35 21/2 21/6 21/17 21/35 21/38 22/5 22/6 25/6 25/12 25/18 26/13 26/17 27/5 27/33 28/33 29/31 30/3 30/16 31/3 31/5 31/7 31/29 32/3 32/4 33/3 33/5 33/18 33/27 33/36 35/10 36/13 36/17 36/18 36/39 37/3 37/5 38/3 38/5 39/6 39/18 39/36
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This ranking reflects the frequency of occurrence of the principle in the analysed patents for this type of contradiction.
When a principle appears in first position, it means that it is statistically the most used in the patents studied for this type of problem.