Bendable Light Modifying Device with Irregular Openings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Photographers face challenges with traditional cucoloris devices due to their rigidity, portability issues, harsh shadow lines, and lack of water resistance, which hinder effective light modification and aesthetic image quality.
Innovation Solution
A bendable Light Modifying Device with non-linear edges, made from durable materials like plastic or metal alloys, featuring irregularly shaped surfaces and adjustable openings, allowing for unique light diffusion and shadow creation, and incorporating attachment methods for versatile use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If traditional cucoloris devices are made rigid (wood or hard plastic), then they can effectively block and shape light, but they become difficult to transport and store
Solution Approach 1:
The cucoloris device is divided into multiple segments that can be connected together. Each segment can be handled separately for easy transport and storage, while combining multiple segments creates a structurally strong device capable of effective light blocking and shaping.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses flexible materials such as vinyl, fabric, or thin plastic sheets instead of rigid wood or hard plastic. These flexible films maintain sufficient light-blocking capability while being easily rollable and transportable, resolving the contradiction between structural strength and portability.
2Ease of manufacture
If cucoloris devices have straight edges, then they are easy to manufacture, but they create harsh shadow lines that reduce image quality
Solution Approach 1:
The cucoloris device incorporates asymmetric or curved edge designs instead of straight edges. These asymmetric shapes diffuse light more evenly and eliminate harsh shadow lines, improving image quality while remaining manufacturable through standard cutting processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs curved or rounded edges instead of sharp straight lines. This curvature causes light to scatter more naturally, eliminating the harsh shadow lines created by straight edges while maintaining ease of manufacture through conventional bending or cutting techniques.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If multiple cucoloris devices are used to diffuse shadows, then shadow quality improves, but device complexity and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple light-modifying functions into a single integrated cucoloris device. By incorporating both shadow-blocking and shadow-diffusing capabilities in one device with strategically designed curved edges, photographers achieve superior shadow quality without needing to carry and coordinate multiple separate devices.
4Strength
If cucoloris devices are made from traditional materials, then they provide sufficient durability, but they lack water resistance and are prone to damage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses composite materials such as vinyl-coated fabric or treated plastic that combine the structural strength needed for durability with inherent water resistance. These composite materials resist both physical damage and liquid exposure, eliminating the vulnerability of traditional wood or untreated plastic cucoloris devices.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device effectively diffuses light, reduces glare and harsh shadows, enhances image aesthetics, and is portable, water-resistant, and easy to store, enabling flexible manipulation and precise light control.
Implementation Method 1
The Light Modifying Device is comprised of a generally durable material, such as plastic, a metal alloy, or any other generally rigid material which is preferably resistant to general wear and tear. The Light Modifying Device is substantially composed of a single piece of plastic, light metal, bendable plexiglass, or similar material that has a generally pliable property while also being generally tear-resistant and generally durable.
Data Source
AI summary
A Light Modifying Device adapted for use for photography. The Light Modifying Device is a generally bendable and durable tear-resistant material comprising of two surface faces comprising a plurality of irregularly shaped openings for receiving light therein. The Light Modifying Device can be positioned in a variety of locations and additionally manipulated by way of bending such that a portion of light may be diffused in one location in a photography set and enhanced or otherwise differently diffused on a different, second particular location of the same photography set.