Boat Sound and Light Emitter Controller
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing light emission patterns of lighting devices on boats are insufficient to effectively communicate the operational status and other conditions to passengers and others on board, especially in dynamic marine environments where visual cues may not be sufficient.
Innovation Solution
A system combining sound and light emitters, controlled by a controller that detects the boat's status and external environment, to provide a mixed pattern of sound and light notifications, ensuring visual and auditory communication of the boat's status and environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If only light emission patterns are used to communicate boat status, then the lighting device can indicate operational status, but the communication effectiveness is insufficient for passengers on board
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines sound and light notification systems into a unified communication device. The controller integrates both the light emitter and sound emitter, operating them in coordinated patterns to convey boat status information, thereby improving communication effectiveness without proportionally increasing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The notification device serves multiple functions by combining visual (light) and auditory (sound) communication capabilities in a single system. This multi-functional approach allows the device to effectively communicate with passengers regardless of their location on the boat or ambient conditions
2Reliability
If multiple light sources are used in different patterns, then operational status can be indicated, but visual cues remain insufficient in dynamic marine environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges sound and light notification systems to overcome the limitations of visual-only cues in dynamic marine environments. By providing both auditory and visual signals, the system ensures reliable status communication even when visual cues are obscured by environmental factors such as water spray, glare, or passenger positioning
Solution Approach 2:
The controller receives input signals from various boat status sensors and adjusts the sound and light notification patterns accordingly, providing adaptive feedback-based communication that maintains reliability under varying operational conditions and environmental factors
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AI summary
A boat includes a sound emitter, a light emitter, and a controller to visually and audibly communicate a boat status and an external environment of the boat. The controller is configured or programmed to detect a condition of the boat including at least one of a status of the boat, excluding the status of the sound emitter and the light emitter, or the external environment of the boat. The controller is configured or programmed to operate the sound emitter and the light emitter in a mixed pattern combining sound and light according to the detected condition of the boat. The status of the boat and the external environment are able to be communicated visually and audibly to passengers, for example, via the mixed pattern combining sound and light.