Geometric LED Light Panels With Directional Bridge Connectors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing decorative lighting solutions, particularly incandescent lights, are inefficient in electricity usage and thermal signature, limiting their adaptability and applicability to decorative purposes, while LED lights have not fully exploited their potential for dynamic and customizable lighting patterns.
Innovation Solution
A geometric light system comprising interconnected light panel assemblies with a base, prismatically shaped lens, and electronic circuitry for controlling LEDs, allowing for customizable patterns and motions, and magnetic mounting for easy repositioning, along with directional bridge connectors for one-way signal flow, enabling versatile and efficient lighting arrangements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If incandescent light bulbs are used for decorative lighting, then they can provide white light for general illumination, but they consume high power and generate significant heat
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from incandescent to LED technology, fundamentally changing the light generation mechanism from thermal radiation to electroluminescence. This parameter change enables decorative lighting to achieve desired illumination with dramatically reduced power consumption and heat generation.
2Illumination intensity
If incandescent light bulbs are used for decorative lighting, then they can provide illumination, but they generate high thermal signature limiting adaptability
Solution Approach 1:
By changing from incandescent to LED technology, the thermal signature is dramatically reduced, enabling the lighting system to be adapted to a wider variety of applications including enclosed fixtures, proximity to heat-sensitive materials, and extended operational environments.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional decorative lighting strings are used, then they can be placed for special occasions, but they lack dynamic and customizable lighting patterns
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates microcontroller-based control systems that enable dynamic lighting patterns, color changes, and motion effects. This transforms static decorative lighting into dynamic, programmable systems capable of displaying various patterns and responding to user input.
Solution Approach 2:
The system includes sensors and microcontrollers that detect user input and environmental conditions, then adjust lighting patterns accordingly. This feedback mechanism enables interactive and responsive decorative lighting that adapts to user preferences and contextual cues.
4Use of energy by stationary object
If LED technology is used for decorative lighting, then power consumption is reduced and size is minimized, but installation and reconfiguration complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the lighting system into modular segments that can be easily connected and disconnected. Each module contains integrated wiring and control electronics, allowing users to install and reconfigure lighting displays without complex electrical work, thereby maintaining ease of operation despite advanced LED technology.
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 system provides efficient, adaptable, and customizable lighting solutions with dynamic patterns and motions, enhancing decorative applications by reducing installation complexity and facilitating easy reconfiguration.
Implementation Method 1
a printed circuit assembly mounted to the base and having a plurality of light emitting diodes populated thereon
Implementation Method 2
A prismatically shaped lens is affixed to an upper surface of the base
Data Source
AI summary
A geometric light system comprises a plurality of light panel assemblies, each light panel assembly having geometrically shaped base having a plurality of connectors at midpoints of each side. A printed circuit assembly is mounted to the base and has a plurality of light emitting diodes populated thereon with electronic circuitry for selectively illuminating the light emitting diodes, and a prismatically shaped lens affixed to an upper surface of the base. A controller has a printed circuit assembly which includes circuitry and logic for controlling the plurality of light panels. The controller includes an electrical connector at a bottom of one side thereof for connecting with a light panel. A plurality of rigid bridge connectors, each having two opposed ends and two identical electrical connectors, each connector configured to electrically mate with the electrical connectors about the periphery of the light panels for interconnecting the plurality of light panel.