Aircraft Surface Orientation for Targeted Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aircraft that spray smoke to improve visibility do not effectively enhance visibility from a predetermined point, as they spray smoke regardless of the observer's position, leading to inefficient visibility enhancement.
Innovation Solution
An aircraft equipped with a processor and memory that acquires information about its position and performs orientation changes or displays specific colors on its surfaces to face and be visible from predetermined observation points, improving visibility by aligning a colored face or displaying a color on a surface towards observers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If the aircraft sprays smoke regardless of the position of a predetermined point, then the aircraft can improve visibility in general, but the visibility of the aircraft from the predetermined point cannot be effectively improved
Solution Approach 1:
The aircraft applies different qualities to different parts: a first face with a predetermined color (e.g., reflective or illuminated) and other faces with different colors. This local differentiation ensures that when the colored face is oriented toward the predetermined point, it provides enhanced visibility specifically in that direction, resolving the contradiction between general visibility improvement and targeted effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The aircraft dynamically changes its orientation during flight to face the predetermined point with the colored face. This dynamic adjustment ensures that the visibility enhancement is always directed toward the observation point, making the smoke spraying and color display efforts more effective rather than dispersed in all directions.
2Illumination intensity
If the aircraft uses a colored face to face the predetermined point, then the visibility from the predetermined point is improved, but the aircraft requires complex orientation control or display mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The aircraft uses color as the primary visibility enhancement mechanism rather than complex mechanical or optical systems. By applying a predetermined color (such as a reflective material or LED illumination) to the first face, the aircraft achieves high visibility from the predetermined point through color recognition and light reflection, avoiding the need for complex orientation control or active display mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is an aircraft, a system, and a method whereby the visibility of the aircraft from a predetermined point can be improved. The aircraft includes at least one memory and at least one processor. Program code includes control code configured to cause the at least one processor to perform orientation change control for causing a first face to face a predetermined point, the first face being a face of the aircraft and having a predetermined color, or display control for causing an image of the predetermined color to be displayed on a second face, the second face being a display surface of a display device of the aircraft and a partial face or an entire face facing the predetermined point.