Dynamic Court Marking Switching System for Visual Clarity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current court markings for multi-purpose playing courts, such as badminton courts, disrupt the visual sense and judgment of players, umpires, and spectators as they display both singles and doubles markings simultaneously, making it difficult to observe the relevant markings during different events.
Innovation Solution
A court marking switching system that uses a switching element to light up or turn off singles and doubles court markings based on event type, ensuring they blend in or stand out with the surrounding floor to minimize visual disturbance, comprising LED lights and a light guide plate, and an anti-slip film to facilitate observation by changing their visibility accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If both singles and doubles court markings are displayed simultaneously on the same court, then the court can be used for multi-purposes and save space, but the visual sense and judgment of players, umpires and spectators are disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The court marking system employs dynamic lighting control to switch between displaying singles and doubles markings based on the current match requirements. LED light sources embedded in the court surface can be selectively activated or deactivated to highlight the appropriate marking configuration, transforming a static marking system into a dynamic one that adapts to different sporting needs without physical reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes color contrast by lighting up specific marking areas with bright light while keeping other areas dark or dimly lit. This creates visual distinction between active and inactive markings, allowing players, umpires and spectators to focus attention on the relevant court boundaries and lines for the current event while minimizing distraction from unnecessary markings.
2Loss of information
If both singles and doubles markings are visible at the same time, then the court markings can indicate both configurations, but it becomes difficult to observe the relevant markings during specific events
Solution Approach 1:
The court marking system divides the marking information into separate visual zones corresponding to singles and doubles configurations. By controlling LED light sources in different regions of the court surface independently, the system can segment the visual information so that only the relevant marking zone is illuminated and visible during a particular event, while the other zone remains obscured.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts which marking regions are illuminated based on the current match requirements. When a singles match is in progress, the lighting system activates only the singles marking zones and deactivates doubles marking zones, creating a dynamic visual state that prioritizes relevant information and eliminates visual clutter.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system allows only the relevant court markings for the current event to be easily observed, reducing visual disturbance and improving judgment accuracy by ensuring that unnecessary markings are not easily visible, thus enhancing the playing experience.
Implementation Method 1
comprising LED lights and a light guide plate
Implementation Method 2
comprising LED lights and a light guide plate
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a court marking switching system, including: singles and doubles markings, wherein the singles and doubles markings present white color when they are not lit up, and present a same color with surrounding floor when they are lit up; a switching element which lights up the singles markings and turns off the doubles markings when receiving a doubles command and lights up the doubles markings and turns off the singles markings when receiving a singles command. During the doubles match, only the singles markings are lit up, the lit singles markings present a same color with that of the surrounding floor and are not easy to be observed, while the doubles markings which are not lit up present a white color, such that only the white doubles markings may be observed by a user.