Bowed String Bow With Integrated Illuminating Means And Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current bowed string musical instrument bows lack illuminating properties that are recreationally useful and adapted for the entertainment industry, limiting their versatility and engagement.
Innovation Solution
A bow for bowed string instruments featuring a narrow stick with illuminating means, a processing unit, and a power supply, including manual control switches, programmable microprocessors, and data communication capabilities for synchronized lighting effects, allowing remote control via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If illuminating means, processing means, and power supply are added to the bow, then illuminating properties and entertainment value are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional components (illuminating means, processing means, power supply, switch) into a single integrated system mounted on the bow's narrow stick. This merging approach allows the bow to gain illuminating properties while consolidating complexity into a unified structure rather than adding separate independent systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The processing means is designed to perform multiple functions: it controls the illuminating means, receives data from sound recording means, receives data from tension recording means, and enables remote communication via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If processing means with sound recording and tension recording capabilities are added, then lighting synchronization with music and pressure is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processing means serves as a central hub that handles multiple sensing and control functions simultaneously. It processes data from both sound recording means and tension recording means, controls illuminating means based on combined inputs, and manages remote communication, thereby achieving sophisticated lighting synchronization without requiring separate control systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The processing means acts as an intermediary that receives data from multiple sources (sound recording means, tension recording means, remote devices), processes this information, and translates it into control signals for the illuminating means. This mediator approach simplifies the system architecture by centralizing the coordination logic.
3Ease of operation
If manual switch is added to control illuminating means, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The switch provides direct manual control to the user, allowing them to independently activate or deactivate the illuminating means and inhibit processing means actuation without requiring external intervention or complex programming. This self-service control mechanism simplifies operation while adding only a single simple component.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables recreationally useful and entertainment-industry adapted illuminating properties, maintaining dynamic equilibrium and aesthetic appeal, with programmable lighting sequences synchronized to sound or pressure, enhancing user experience and performance.
Implementation Method 1
each illuminating means comprises an LED
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AI summary
The invention relates to a bow for a bowed string musical instrument, which comprises a narrow stick and one or more strips or hairs for rubbing the strings of a bowed string musical instrument. The bow incorporates at least one illuminating means, a processing means able to activate and control the illuminating means, and a power supply battery for the electrical power supply of the illuminating means, all said elements being disposed on the narrow stick.