Dynamic Cosmetic Packaging with Remote RF Visual Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging for cosmetic and pharmaceutical products lacks dynamic and attractive visual effects that can evolve over time without requiring large internal space or compromising the integrity of the container, as existing solutions either rely on static designs, user-activated changes, or poorly controlled light diffusion.
Innovation Solution
A packaging system that uses a remote server to emit control data, which is received by intermediate communication devices and transmitted via short-distance radiofrequency to telecommunication means within the container, allowing for dynamic visual effects such as changing shades, intensities, and patterns, and includes sensors to respond to context-sensitive information, ensuring the visual appearance is customizable and surprising to the user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If light sources are integrated in the packaging to generate visual effects, then the visual appearance becomes attractive and dynamic, but the internal space is reduced and the container integrity is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the container wall itself as an intermediary medium to transmit light. Instead of placing light sources inside the container, the wall acts as a mediator that receives light from external sources and transmits it through to the contents, enabling visual effects without compromising internal space or container integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent moves the light source from the traditional internal dimension to an external dimension, with the container wall serving as a transmission medium. This dimensional shift allows visual effects to be achieved without occupying internal volume, resolving the contradiction between visual appeal and space preservation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If electronic components are integrated in the packaging for remote control functionality, then the packaging becomes programmable and adaptable, but the device complexity increases and manufacturing becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex electronic control system from the container interior and places it in an external controller. Only minimal receiving components remain in the packaging, significantly reducing device complexity while maintaining remote control capability through the extracted external system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a remote controller as an intermediary device that handles the complex electronic programming and control functions externally. This mediator absorbs the complexity of the control system, allowing the packaging itself to remain simple while still achieving programmable adaptability.
3Quantity of substance
If the packaging is made transparent to allow visual observation of contents, then the product visibility is improved, but the hermetic seal integrity is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a thin transparent film as the container wall, which provides sufficient transparency for visual observation while maintaining hermetic seal integrity. The thin film structure allows light transmission for product visibility while preserving the protective barrier function against contamination.
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
The system provides a dynamic and attractive visual experience for the user by allowing remote control of packaging appearance, reducing the need for extensive internal components, minimizing power consumption, and ensuring the packaging remains hermetically sealed, thus maintaining product integrity and reducing production costs.
Implementation Method 1
a light source positioned opposite an end edge of the outer and peripheral wall so that the light rays emitted by the light source propagate through such end edge and longitudinally within the transparent layer
Implementation Method 2
The packaging also comprises outside at least one portion of the transparent layer, an opaque coating or a coating reflecting toward the inside or the transparent layer, creating one or several pattern(s) expressing one or several visual structure(s)
Implementation Method 3
a coating reflecting toward the inside or the transparent layer, creating one or several pattern(s) expressing one or several visual structure(s)
Data Source
AI summary
A system in the technical field of rigid or semi-rigid packaging for cosmetic or pharmaceutical products, is intended to generate visual expressions on a plurality of packagings on the basis of information provided by an outside creator (5). This system includes a master station (4) able to emit control data (2COM) on the basis of the information provided by the outside creator (5) via a command interface (4a) and to transmit an electronic instruction signal (2|NS), dependent on these control data (2COM), to a remote server (2); and includes intermediate communication devices (6) able to receive, by long-distance communication, the instruction signal (2|NS) received by the remote server (2) and to transmit, by short-distance radiofrequency communication, the instruction signal (2|NS) to a telecommunication unit (16) of a container (12).