Electronic Lighting Device With Swing Mechanism For Flame Simulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic lighting devices fail to replicate the realistic visual effect of traditional candle or kerosene lamp flames, lacking the authentic flickering and visual interest of their counterparts.
Innovation Solution
An electronic lighting device featuring a flame sheet with a swing mechanism and inclined light-emitting elements that project light onto a flame-like surface, creating a flickering effect resembling a true flame, enhanced by a magnetic mechanism for random movement and a specific light emission angle for optimal projection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If LED elements are disposed in a flame shell to simulate flashing and flickering flames, then the interestedness or appreciation is enhanced, but the visual realism compared to true flames is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The flame sheet is made movable through a swing mechanism that allows it to sway back and forth, creating dynamic motion that mimics the natural flickering of real flames. This dynamic element transforms the static LED-flame shell structure into a moving visual display, significantly enhancing visual realism without requiring complex lighting control circuits
Solution Approach 2:
A flame sheet made of translucent material is introduced as an intermediary between the LED light source and the external environment. This flame sheet diffuses and softens the LED light while being illuminated from behind, creating a more realistic flame appearance. The swing mechanism then moves this intermediary element to add natural motion to the simulated flame
2Illumination intensity
If the light-emitting element projects light inclined upward through the through hole, then the light is projected on the flame sheet surface to create flickering effect, but the light direction control requires precise positioning
Solution Approach 1:
The flame sheet is designed with a curved, flame-like shape that naturally directs and diffuses light. The curved surface helps to distribute the inclined light from the LED more evenly across the visible flame area, reducing the sensitivity to precise LED positioning while maintaining effective light projection and flickering visual effects
3Adaptability or versatility
If the swing mechanism acts on the flame sheet to make it sway or swing, then the visual simulation of true fire is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The swing mechanism implements periodic back-and-forth motion of the flame sheet, creating a rhythmic swaying effect that naturally mimics the periodic flickering of real flames. This simple periodic mechanical action, rather than complex random motion generation, effectively enhances visual realism while keeping the mechanism relatively simple and reliable
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides a visually enhanced simulation of true fire, improving the realism and appreciation of electronic candles or kerosene lamps, making them indistinguishable from traditional flames at a distance.
Implementation Method 1
a light-emitting element installed on a sidewall of the enclosure such that an outgoing direction of a light from the light-emitting element is inclined upward and passing through the through hole of the enclosure
Implementation Method 2
a swing mechanism disposed beneath the flame sheet, wherein the swing mechanism is configured to apply a force on the flame sheet to actuate the flame sheet to sway or swing
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic lighting device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The electronic lighting device may comprise a core, which may comprises an enclosure, a light-emitting element, a flame sheet and a swing mechanism. The flame sheet is movably supported or suspended on the enclosure, and may comprise an upper sheet which is of a flame-like shape. The upper sheet is configured to expose above the top of the enclosure. The light-emitting element may be installed on the enclosure. A light outgoing direction of the light-emitting element may be intersected with the surface of the upper sheet so that the light of the light-emitting element is projected on the surface of the upper sheet. The swing mechanism is disposed beneath the flame sheet and can apply a force on the flame sheet to actuate the flame sheet to sway or swing. By the present application, a visual experience of true fire can be achieved and an interestedness and appreciation can be improved.