23 Feedback
Introduce feedback (referring back, cross-checking) to improve a process or action.
• Automatic volume control in audio circuits
• Signal from gyrocompass is used to control simple aircraft autopilots.
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) -- Measurements are used to decide when to modify a process. (Not all feedback systems are automated!)
• Budgets --Measurements are used to decide when to modify a process.
If feedback is already used, change its magnitude or influence.
• Change sensitivity of an autopilot when within 5 miles of an airport.
• Change sensitivity of a thermostat when cooling vs. heating, since it uses energy less efficiently when cooling.
• Change a management measure from budget variance to customer satisfaction.
• Automatic volume control in audio circuits
• Signal from gyrocompass is used to control simple aircraft autopilots.
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) -- Measurements are used to decide when to modify a process. (Not all feedback systems are automated!)
• Budgets --Measurements are used to decide when to modify a process.
If feedback is already used, change its magnitude or influence.
• Change sensitivity of an autopilot when within 5 miles of an airport.
• Change sensitivity of a thermostat when cooling vs. heating, since it uses energy less efficiently when cooling.
• Change a management measure from budget variance to customer satisfaction.
Is this principle frequently used?
This principle is rarely used with 35 instances in the matrix.This principle is proposed to solve the following contradictions:
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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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