Dynamic Vehicle Markers for Reconfigurable Geometric Image Identification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for identifying markers of geometric illustrations are limited to celestial bodies, restricting their usability and benefits for commercial and user applications.

Innovation Solution

A system that enables the display and identification of dynamic illustrations on Earth's surface and in airspace, using vehicles to create dynamic markers whose position and formation can be changed arbitrarily, allowing for enhanced commercial use and user benefits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the system uses fixed celestial bodies as markers, then the identification process is simple, but the applicability and versatility are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveapplicabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms static celestial body markers into dynamic vehicle-based markers that can be arbitrarily positioned and reconfigured in space. The vehicles form geometric patterns that can change over time, enabling the system to adapt to different applications and environments while maintaining the core identification functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses vehicles as universal markers that can serve multiple purposes: forming geometric patterns for identification, providing spatial references, and enabling various commercial applications. This multi-functional approach replaces the single-purpose celestial body markers with versatile vehicle-based markers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system uses vehicles to form dynamic markers, then the versatility and commercial applicability improve, but the complexity of controlling and coordinating vehicles increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommercial applicabilityVSAvoidvehicle coordination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the complex task of forming geometric patterns into individual vehicle actions. Each vehicle independently navigates to its designated position based on received coordinates, breaking down the overall coordination problem into manageable individual tasks that can be executed autonomously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The control center acts as an intermediary between the user and the vehicles. It processes user requests, calculates vehicle positions, and coordinates vehicle movements, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture and reducing direct coordination complexity between multiple vehicles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If the system processes additional information from vehicle movements and user perspectives, then the data utilization value increases, but the data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation valueVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback loops where vehicle positions are continuously tracked and used to update the geometric pattern formation. User perspective data is processed to adjust the viewing and identification processes, creating adaptive feedback mechanisms that enhance information value while managing processing complexity through iterative refinement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3752881B1System for presenting and identifying markers of a changeable geometric image
Publication Date: 2025.04.30 ARS ELECTRONICA LINZ GMBH & CO KG
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AI summary

The invention relates to a system (1; 20) for presenting and identifying markers of a geometric image in space, comprising at least one portable device (14), which has a capturing unit and an electronic data-processing unit. The markers are designed as dynamic markers of a geometric image (2, 3; 21) that can be changed in terrestrial space, and the system (1; 20) has at least three vehicles (4; 5) for forming the dynamic markers. Each vehicle (4; 5) is designed for autonomous movement in space by means of a control unit (6). The control unit (6) of at least one vehicle (4; 5) is designed to move the vehicle (4; 5) from a first marker position (MP1) of a first image (2) to a second marker position (MP2) of a second image (3). The data-processing unit is designed to output to a display means (16) of the system (1; 20) the captures of the first image (2; 21), of the second image (3) and optionally of all intermediate images that can be captured according to a capture speed of the capturing unit, which captures have been processed using the identified dynamic markers.