Double Image Projection Lamp With Mechanical Fade Effects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional projection lamps project monotonous images with limited variability, which restricts the enhancement of user experience in facilities like haunted houses.
Innovation Solution
A double image projection lamp with fade-in and fade-out visual effects, featuring a housing with two projecting assemblies, a driver, a light shielding element, and a driven component, allowing images to transition smoothly between visibility and obscurity through pivoting mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional projection lamp uses a single fixed image projection, then the device structure is simple, but the image variability is limited and user experience is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The projection lamp is divided into two independent projecting assemblies (first and second), each capable of projecting separate images. This segmentation allows the system to display multiple different images simultaneously or alternately, significantly increasing image variability without requiring a single complex reconfigurable system
Solution Approach 2:
The second projecting assembly is designed with a pivotable shell body that can rotate between a first position (projecting second image) and a second position (blocking second image). This dynamic positioning mechanism, driven by a driving component, enables the system to switch between different projection states, creating variable and dynamic visual effects that enhance adaptability
2Adaptability or versatility
If a projection lamp allows image movement or rotation, then the projected image has some variability, but the image itself remains monotonous without fade-in/fade-out effects
Solution Approach 1:
The pivotable shell body of the second projecting assembly creates dynamic visual effects by physically moving between projection and blocking positions. This mechanical dynamics, combined with the timing control of the driving component, produces smooth fade-in and fade-out effects as images transition, adding visual richness without requiring complex electronic control systems
Solution Approach 2:
The shell body acts as an intermediary element between the light source and the projection surface. By positioning the shell body at different angles, it partially or fully blocks the light path, creating intermediate states of image visibility that produce fade-in and fade-out effects. This intermediary mechanism achieves sophisticated visual effects through simple geometric positioning rather than complex control
3Adaptability or versatility
If a double image projection system is implemented, then image variability is enhanced, but the device structure becomes more complex with additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The second projecting assembly is designed as a multi-functional unit that can both project images (when in first position) and block light (when in second position). This universal design allows a single assembly to perform multiple functions, effectively achieving double image projection capability without requiring two completely separate, independent projection systems, thereby reducing overall structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The light shielding element is nested within the pivotable shell body of the second projecting assembly. This nested configuration allows the shielding element to be integrated into the existing structure, utilizing the same pivotable mechanism and space. The nested design eliminates the need for separate mounting structures and control mechanisms, reducing device complexity while maintaining the double image projection capability
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The lamp provides enhanced variability in projected images, improving user experience by creating dynamic visual effects of images fading in and out, enhancing the atmosphere in facilities.
Implementation Method 1
a light emitting unit, disposed inside the shell body and defining the sliding groove between the light emitting unit and the projecting end
Implementation Method 2
the light shielding element is disposed in the sliding groove... so as to allow light emitted from the light emitting unit to be shielded by the light shielding element or travel to the projecting end
Implementation Method 3
The shell body is pivotally connected to the housing and has a projecting end and a sliding groove
Data Source
AI summary
A double image projection lamp has a housing, a first and a second projecting assembly in the housing, a driver, a light shielding element, and a driven component. The second projecting assembly has a shell body pivotally connected to the housing, connected to the driver, and having a sliding groove between a projecting end of the shell body and a light emitting unit of the second projecting assembly. The light shielding element is disposed in the sliding groove. When the driver drives the shell body to pivot, the driven component is driven by the shell body and drives the light shielding element to move along the sliding groove so as to allow light emitted from the light emitting unit to be shielded by the shielding element or travel to the projecting end, which provides fade-in and fade-out visual effects when two projected images move relatively.