Camera Filter Rings With Tactile Coding for Fast Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulty in quickly identifying the appropriate optical accessory, such as camera filters, during critical moments due to the lack of efficient identification methods, especially when multiple accessories are stored together.
Innovation Solution
An optical accessory identification system and device featuring a ring with visual and tactile indicators on each accessory, allowing for easy identification and differentiation by color, texture, and descriptive labels, along with magnetic or threaded connections for stacking and attachment to camera lenses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple optical accessories are stored together without identification markers, then storage density is improved, but identification time increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color-coded rings around optical accessories to provide visual identification. Different colors represent different filter types (e.g., yellow for yellow filter, red for red filter), allowing users to quickly identify and select the required filter without removing each one for inspection, thus resolving the contradiction between storage density and identification time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary identification system consisting of colored rings and labels that mediate between the stored optical accessories and the user's identification need. This intermediary layer provides immediate visual cues about filter types, enabling rapid selection while maintaining compact storage arrangements.
2Measurement precision
If optical accessories have detailed identification labels, then identification accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies identification markers (colored rings and labels) only to specific locations on the optical accessories - specifically around the rim or edge areas. This localized approach provides sufficient identification information without adding complex features throughout the entire accessory structure, thus maintaining simplicity while achieving accurate identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses color-coded rings as a simple yet effective identification system. Each color corresponds to a specific filter type, providing clear and accurate identification without requiring complex labeling systems, barcodes, or electronic components that would increase device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If optical accessories use magnetic connections for stacking, then ease of operation is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical attachment mechanisms (such as threads, clips, or interlocking parts) with magnetic connections. This substitution allows optical accessories to be easily attached and detached through simple proximity-based magnetic attraction, significantly improving ease of operation. The magnetic system tolerates greater positioning variations compared to precision mechanical systems, thereby reducing manufacturing precision requirements while maintaining secure attachment.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables rapid and accurate selection of the right optical accessory by providing a visual and tactile means of identification, facilitating quick access during photography or scientific imaging, and allowing accessories to be easily stacked and attached to camera lenses.
Implementation Method 1
magnetic or threaded connections for stacking and attachment to camera lenses
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is an optical accessory identification system and device comprising a plurality of camera filters having a ring. The ring includes an inside rim, an attachment, and an indicator. The inside rim is connected to a top portion of the ring. The attachment is connected to an underside portion of the ring. The one or more indicators are disposed on the ring. The system may include a second optical accessory device with distinct identifiers.