Digital Coin Imaging via Triangular Prism and Tilting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital coin imaging technologies, such as nuTilt Imaging, are limited in presenting multiple coins in a single layout, do not accommodate raw unholdered coins, and lack interactive viewing experiences, primarily focusing on individual coins within plastic holders and not loading images into digital art frames.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a digital video camera capturing coins on a triangular surface with controlled tilting and lighting, creating dynamic spinning or kaleidoscopic effects, which are compiled into composite digital videos and loaded into digital art frames or converted into NFTs for interactive viewing across various devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple coin images are captured and joined together into a composite layout, then the quantity of coins presented increases, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the imaging process into two stages: first capturing individual coin images separately using a simple single-camera setup, then joining them together in a post-processing step to create composite layouts. This segmentation allows the system to present multiple coins without requiring a complex multi-camera imaging system, thus resolving the contradiction between quantity and device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If raw unholdered coins are imaged instead of encapsulated coins, then the adaptability of the imaging service increases, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a physical intermediary structure (the triangular prism with a flat top surface) that mediates between the raw coin and the camera. This intermediary provides a stable, predetermined positioning surface that ensures consistent coin placement and orientation, thereby maintaining manufacturing precision while enabling the system to accept and image raw unholdered coins with increased adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If digital video files are joined together into composite layouts with variable dynamic movements, then the adaptability of presentation increases, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates simplified copies or representations of the coin imaging data in digital video format, which can then be freely manipulated and combined in composite layouts. By working with digital copies rather than physical coins, the system achieves high adaptability in presentation formats and dynamic movements while keeping the actual imaging device relatively simple. The complexity is shifted to software processing rather than hardware complexity.
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
Enables the creation of dynamic, interactive digital art from raw coins, allowing for variable movements and layouts, and facilitates ownership and trading of these digital art pieces as NFTs, enhancing the presentation and value of coin collections.
Implementation Method 1
A light source is shone on the coin at an angle and then moved around the circumference of the coin to give the reflected light on the image a spinning or cartwheel effect
Implementation Method 2
This tilt will result in the light shining on the coin at an angle and this is captured by the video camera as a unique shine effect. This tilt is induced in a clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation, giving the shine a spinning or 'cartwheel' effect
Implementation Method 3
If the coin doesn't have a shine but instead has colors, the light shining from multiple different angles of this tilt and rotation will reveal and brighten the colors and give the image of the coin a shimmering or 'kaleidoscopic' effect
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a method of creating digital art from photos and videos of coins and various methods of presenting this art to be viewed. This allows coins to be presented in a more user-friendly way than the traditional methods. These traditional methods include 2×2″ cardboard holders or “flips”, cardboard albums, or plastic holders called “slabs” that are provided by third party grading companies. These traditional methods make it difficult to appreciate the beauty of certain collectible coins because most coins are small and it's hard to see the details with the naked eye. One would have to use a magnifying lens or a jeweler's loupe to see the coin's details. This invention presents the coins for view at hundreds of times magnification and with very good to excellent lighting that accentuates the coin's beauty. Coin collectors can now show their collections in a large frame that can hang on a wall without having to give their guest a magnifying lens or a jeweler's loupe to view the coins.