Flexible Strip Light for Unobstructed Camera Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fill lighting solutions for imaging devices often obstruct the camera's field of view or cause light-based distortions, and they lack flexible control over lighting attributes and heat management.
Innovation Solution
A flexible strip light apparatus with controllable LED fixtures that can be removably attached to an imaging device, featuring a deformable structure, heat sink cooling fins, and a DMX-controlled system for adjustable luminance and color characteristics, ensuring unobstructed views and efficient heat dissipation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If fill lighting equipment is placed close to the imaging device to provide effective illumination, then lighting effectiveness is improved, but the camera's field of view may be obstructed or light-based distortions may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting apparatus is divided into multiple discrete light fixtures arranged in a specific configuration around the imaging device. This segmentation allows light to be emitted from multiple angles without any single fixture obstructing the camera's field of view, while collectively providing comprehensive fill lighting coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The light fixtures are positioned in a three-dimensional arrangement around the imaging device rather than in a single plane. This spatial distribution in multiple dimensions enables effective illumination while maintaining clear field of view by placing light sources outside the camera's direct line of sight.
2Illumination intensity
If high-power light fixtures are used to provide sufficient fill lighting, then illumination intensity is improved, but heat generation increases requiring effective heat management
Solution Approach 1:
A heat sink structure is introduced as an intermediary component between the light fixtures and the imaging device. This heat sink acts as a thermal mediator that captures and dissipates heat generated by the high-power light fixtures, preventing heat transfer to the imaging device while allowing the light fixtures to operate at high intensity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the lighting apparatus is designed to surround the imaging device completely for 360-degree coverage, then lighting versatility is improved, but the device complexity and structural requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting apparatus is designed with a universal attachment mechanism that can accommodate different imaging device shapes and sizes. The flexible structure and adjustable light fixture positions enable the same apparatus to provide 360-degree lighting coverage while adapting to various device configurations, reducing overall system complexity.
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 solution provides effective fill lighting without obstructing the camera's view, allows precise control over lighting attributes, and effectively manages heat, enhancing imaging device performance and image quality.
Implementation Method 1
the backing material is further shaped to have a series of heat sink cooling fins configured to draw excess heat away from one or both of the apparatus and the imaging device
Implementation Method 2
The strip light is a flexible Light Emitting Diode (LED) strip light comprising a plurality of LED light fixtures
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus comprising a length of strip light populated with a plurality of light fixtures, the apparatus configured to be removably attachable to an imaging device; wherein, when the apparatus is attached to the imaging device: the apparatus surrounds the imaging device but does not occlude one or more cameras of the imaging device that are located about the imaging device, such that the apparatus and light emitted by the strip light do not obscure or distort a respective field of view of the one or more cameras; and the plurality of light fixtures of the strip light are controllable to selectively emit light into the environment that surrounds the imaging device.