Electric Drone Floating Advertisement with Landing Guide

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing advertisement methods, such as ad balloons and helium-filled drones, face challenges with high costs, instability due to wind, and difficulty in displaying different advertisements according to location and time, as well as efficient collection.

Innovation Solution

A floating advertisement device using an electric unmanned flying object connected to a power supply line, with a control unit, a bendable advertisement display unit, and a landing guide for stable operation and easy collection, allowing for long-term outdoor advertising at low costs and customizable content display.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If ad balloons are used for outdoor advertising, then advertising can be displayed outdoors, but they are easily affected by wind and difficult to operate when inclined at 45 degrees or more

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperability outdoorsVSAvoidstability against wind

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical balloon system with an electric drone system that uses electronic control and powered flight to achieve stable outdoor advertising display, eliminating wind susceptibility inherent in passive balloon systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the fundamental operating parameters from passive buoyancy-based operation to active powered flight with electronic control, enabling precise position holding and attitude control regardless of wind conditions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of manufacture

If helium gas is used in ad balloons, then advertising can be displayed outdoors, but costs increase due to steep rise in prices and short supply

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveavailability of advertising mediumVSAvoidcost of helium gas

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and eliminates the helium gas component from the advertising system, replacing it with an electric drone that does not require buoyant gases, thereby removing the cost and supply constraints associated with helium

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from expensive, supply-constrained helium balloons to reusable electric drones with flexible display media, eliminating ongoing gas purchase costs

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

3Quantity of substance

If hydrogen gas is used in ad balloons, then advertising can be displayed outdoors at low cost, but it is combustible and not used generally in recent years

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecost of gasVSAvoidcombustibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent avoids the harmful combustibility issue entirely by replacing the gas-based buoyancy system with an electric powered system, converting a potentially dangerous approach into a safe, controlled alternative

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the chemical/buoyancy-based system with an electrically-powered system, eliminating combustion risks while maintaining outdoor advertising capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

4Adaptability or versatility

If conventional ad balloons are used, then advertising can be displayed outdoors, but they are easily affected by wind and superiority in terms of cost is being lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoutdoor advertising capabilityVSAvoidstability outdoors

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the passive mechanical balloon system with an active electric drone system featuring electronic stabilization and powered flight control, achieving reliable outdoor operation independent of wind conditions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS12112656B2Floating advertisement device

Publication Date: 2024.10.08 TOKO LIFE CREATES CO LTD

AI summary

A floating advertisement device includes: an electric unmanned flying object connected to one end of a power supply line that supplies power; a control unit controlling an operation of the electric unmanned flying object; an advertisement medium hung from the electric unmanned flying object, and having, at a lower end surface thereof, a landing guide part that performs positioning at a time of descending; an advertisement display unit capable of displaying advertisement contents in a changeable manner as an outer peripheral surface of the advertisement medium, and formed in a bendable manner; a power source disposed on the ground and connected to the other end of the power supply line; and a support member capable of supporting the advertisement medium by being fitted with the landing guide part when the advertisement medium descends.