Floating Vessel Live Broadcasting System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current live video broadcasting systems require high bandwidth and are costly to set up and maintain, with high latency issues due to the need for satellite or wireless communication systems, making them impractical for widespread, low-cost distribution to home networks.
Innovation Solution
A live broadcasting system using mirrors positioned around an area of interest to reflect images onto floating vessels, which then project them onto translucent shells for low-latency, low-delay 3D video streaming without consuming valuable RF bands or relying on the internet, utilizing controllable telescopes, digital cameras, and projectors for image enhancement and synchronization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If satellite or wireless communication systems are used for live video broadcasting, then video distribution is achieved, but the system becomes costly to set up and maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces floating vessels as intermediary carriers that display video content on their outer shells, eliminating the need for traditional satellite or wireless communication infrastructure. The vessels act as mobile display platforms that can be positioned strategically to serve multiple reception areas simultaneously, reducing both setup and maintenance costs while maintaining reliable video distribution
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the electronic/digital transmission system (satellite/wireless communication) with an optical-mechanical system using floating vessels with external display shells. This substitution eliminates the need for complex communication infrastructure while achieving the same video distribution function through physical display carriers
2Manufacturing precision
If high bandwidth communication systems are used for live video streaming, then video quality is maintained, but bandwidth consumption increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the video content from the digital transmission medium and displays it directly on the physical surface of floating vessels. By taking the video signal out of the bandwidth-consumptive digital transmission path and presenting it as a visual display on the vessel's outer shell, the system maintains video quality while eliminating continuous high-bandwidth consumption
Solution Approach 2:
The floating vessels provide periodic visual updates of video content at their display locations, allowing receivers to capture images at intervals rather than requiring continuous high-bandwidth streaming. This periodic display approach maintains acceptable video quality while dramatically reducing overall bandwidth requirements
3Reliability
If digital data networks are used for live streaming, then video transmission is achieved, but latency increases due to conversion and transmission delays
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the multi-step digital conversion and transmission process with a direct optical capture and display system. By using optical arrangements on floating vessels to capture and immediately display video content, the system eliminates the time-consuming steps of digital conversion, network transmission, and reconversion, achieving near-real-time video delivery
Solution Approach 2:
The floating vessels serve as intermediate display platforms that receive video content and present it locally, eliminating the need for long-distance digital data network transmission. This intermediary approach allows video to be captured and displayed in the same geographic region, minimizing transmission latency
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
Enables low-latency, low-delay live video broadcasting to hundreds of thousands of home receivers without expensive infrastructure, using simple equipment and providing 3D multimedia information through floating vessels like balloons or airships, with image enhancement and synchronization ensuring high-quality video streaming.
Implementation Method 1
the first mirrors configured to reflect an image of at least a section of the area of interest to the floating vessels
Implementation Method 2
the floating vessels each comprising an optical arrangement configured to project a reflected image onto an outer shell of the respective floating vessel
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AI summary
The present invention provides a live broadcasting system (100, 200, 300) for broadcasting images from an area of interest (101, 301), the live broadcasting system (100, 200, 300) comprising a number of first mirrors (102, 103, 104, 302, 303, 304) positioned at the area of interest (101, 301), and a number of floating vessels (105, 205, 305) which are positioned in a line of sight of the mirrors, wherein the mirrors are configured to reflect an image of at least a section of the area of interest (101, 301) to the floating vessels (105, 205, 305), and wherein the floating vessels (105, 205, 305) each comprise an optical arrangement (110, 210, 211, 310) configured to project the reflected images onto an outer shell (106, 206, 306) of the respective floating vessel (105, 205, 305).