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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing video presentation devices, such as foldable brochures and promotional materials, often become outdated quickly, and attendees at venues like theme parks face inconvenience in accessing and purchasing recorded memories, as they typically require waiting in lines to view and purchase photographs or videos.

Innovation Solution

A foldable video presentation device equipped with an electronic module for storing and updating digital content, including cameras and communication links, allows for automatic updates and remote content management, enabling seamless delivery of digital content directly to the device without the need for physical lines, using wireless connectivity and location tracking.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If video presentation devices store recorded content locally, then attendees can access their recordings, but attendees must wait in lines to view and purchase recordings

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetime to access recordingsVSAvoidconvenience of accessing recordings

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a portable electronic device as an intermediary between the recording system and the attendee. The device receives recordings wirelessly from venue cameras and stores them locally, eliminating the need for attendees to physically queue at kiosks. The portable device acts as a mediator that delivers content directly to users on-demand.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical queue system with a wireless digital delivery system. Instead of physically lining up at purchase kiosks, attendees use portable electronic devices to receive recordings through wireless communication protocols, substituting physical movement and waiting with automated digital transmission.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Ease of manufacture

If promotional materials are printed with static content, then they can be produced easily, but the content becomes outdated quickly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of producing promotional materialsVSAvoidability to update content

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms static printed promotional materials into dynamic, updateable content by incorporating electronic displays and wireless communication capabilities. The device can receive and display updated promotional content, event information, and recordings without requiring physical reprinting, making the content adaptable while maintaining ease of manufacture through standardized electronic components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The portable electronic device serves multiple functions: it acts as a promotional material display, an event information terminal, a recording storage device, and a purchase platform. This multi-functionality allows a single device to replace multiple static materials while maintaining ease of production through standardized electronics.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10491953B2System for creating a souvenir for a user attending an event

Publication Date: 2019.11.26 VIDEO PLUS PRINT CO

AI summary

A video presentation device is disclosed. The video presentation device comprises an electronic module including a microcontroller and a memory adapted for storing digital content, a communication link adapted to communicatively couple the electronic module with a host server, to receive multimedia digital content from the host server upon command from the host server, and a video display for playing the multimedia digital content upon command of the electronic module.