19 Periodic action
Instead of continuous action, use periodic or pulsating actions.
• Hitting something repeatedly with a hammer
• Replace a continuous siren with a pulsed sound.
If an action is already periodic, change the periodic magnitude or frequency.
• Use Frequency Modulation to convey information, instead of Morse code.
• Replace a continuous siren with sound that changes amplitude and frequency.
Use pauses between impulses to perform a different action.
• In cardio-pulmonary respiration (CPR) breathe after every 5 chest compressions.
• Hitting something repeatedly with a hammer
• Replace a continuous siren with a pulsed sound.
If an action is already periodic, change the periodic magnitude or frequency.
• Use Frequency Modulation to convey information, instead of Morse code.
• Replace a continuous siren with sound that changes amplitude and frequency.
Use pauses between impulses to perform a different action.
• In cardio-pulmonary respiration (CPR) breathe after every 5 chest compressions.
Is this principle frequently used?
This principle is moderately used with 158 instances in the matrix.This principle is proposed to solve the following contradictions:
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1/13 1/18 1/22 1/38 2/10 2/16 2/17 2/18 2/20 2/21 2/22 2/26 2/30 2/35 3/15 3/17 3/36 5/10 5/18 5/19 5/21 6/16 8/2 8/3 8/30 9/10 9/15 9/18 9/21 9/22 9/26 10/3 10/5 10/15 10/19 10/21 10/37 11/15 11/17 11/27 11/36 12/17 13/7 13/19 13/32 14/18 14/19 15/1 15/3 15/5 15/7 15/10 15/11 15/17 15/18 15/21 15/37 15/39 16/2 16/17 17/3 17/4 17/11 17/12 17/15 17/16 17/19 17/27 17/28 17/38 18/1 18/3 18/5 18/9 18/10 18/14 18/15 18/17 18/19 18/25 18/26 18/30 18/31 18/32 18/33 18/35 19/5 19/13 19/14 19/17 19/18 19/21 19/25 19/27 19/33 20/2 20/18 20/31 20/37 21/2 21/5 21/15 21/18 21/19 21/24 21/26 21/27 21/30 21/35 21/36 21/37 22/1 22/2 22/17 22/24 22/34 24/18 24/21 24/22 25/18 25/19 27/11 27/19 28/17 29/10 29/17 30/8 30/18 30/21 30/23 30/36 30/37 31/1 31/18 31/20 31/36 32/11 32/22 33/22 34/22 35/2 35/19 35/21 36/3 36/11 36/13 36/21 36/30 36/31 37/10 37/15 37/20 37/22 37/30 38/17 38/18 39/18 39/19
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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.
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