Ordered Decorative Modular Grids Using Orientation Variation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mass-produced modular grids for surface decoration lack variability, resulting in immediately recognizable overall decorations when using identical modules, limiting the ability to create unique and visually appealing designs at an industrial scale with low costs.
Innovation Solution
A process for creating ordered decorative modular grids using identical modules, involving the fabrication of modules with specific outlines and ornamental patterns, generating virtual grids with varying orientations, calculating compression factors to identify ordered grids, and arranging modules according to chosen positioning matrices to achieve visually pleasing and recognizable decorations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If identical modules are used for mass production, then manufacturing cost is reduced and productivity is improved, but the visual variety and uniqueness of the overall decoration is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies asymmetry by introducing varied orientations of identical modules to create visually distinct patterns. Each module remains symmetric in shape, but their rotational orientations (0°, 45°, 90°, 135°, etc.) create asymmetric visual arrangements that generate multiple unique decoration patterns from identical mass-produced modules.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamics by enabling modules to take on multiple orientations (P orientations defined by rotations). This dynamic repositioning capability allows the same identical modules to create numerous different visual patterns, transforming a static assembly into a dynamic system that can adapt to create various decorative effects.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different module designs are created to achieve visual variety, then decoration uniqueness is improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single multi-functional module that can serve multiple decorative purposes through orientation variation. One universal module design with P possible orientations replaces the need for P different module designs, allowing the same module to create multiple unique patterns while maintaining identical manufacturing specifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements parameter changes by varying the orientation parameter (rotation angle) of identical modules rather than changing the module design itself. By changing the angular parameter of existing modules, the system generates visual variety without modifying the fundamental module geometry or ornamental pattern, thus avoiding increased manufacturing complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If random module arrangements are used, then visual variety is improved, but the lack of order reduces aesthetic pleasantness and recognizability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies periodic action by introducing ordered repetition patterns in module orientations. Rather than completely random arrangements, the modules are arranged with periodic regularity where orientation sequences follow predictable patterns, creating a balance between variety and order that enhances aesthetic pleasantness while maintaining visual interest.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by using compression factor calculations to evaluate and select optimal positioning matrices. The compression factor serves as a feedback metric that quantifies the order level of arrangements, allowing systematic selection of patterns that achieve the desired balance between visual variety and aesthetic order, rather than relying on purely random or subjective design choices.
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AI summary
A process for making ordered decorative modular grids comprises: fabricating a plurality of decorative modules (1) all having a same outline and a same ornamental pattern, affixing at least one positioning symbol on the modules themselves, generating, through an electronic computing unit (105), a plurality of positioning matrices and corresponding virtual ordered decorative modular grids, choosing one of the virtual ordered decorative modular grids and arranging the decorative modules (1) according to the positioning matrix corresponding to the chosen virtual ordered decorative modular grid.