Glass Substrate Display Figures with Edge Lighting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stand-up figures made of corrugated cardboard are unsuitable for long-term use due to creases, limited outdoor durability, and inability to incorporate light effects, with a decline in optical quality over time.
Innovation Solution
A method using photographic image data to create stand-up figures on transparent or translucent glass substrates with contour-following cutting and multi-layered color printing, providing high weather and aging resistance, and optional edge lighting for enhanced visual appeal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If corrugated cardboard is used for display figures, then ease of manufacture and assembly is improved, but durability and visual quality deteriorate over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses glass as a substrate material combined with printed layers to create display figures that maintain visual quality and durability over time, unlike corrugated cardboard which degrades. The glass substrate provides structural integrity and weather resistance while allowing for high-quality printing.
2Ease of manufacture
If corrugated cardboard figures are used for long-term display, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but visual quality and aesthetic appeal deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The combination of glass substrate with printed layers enables high visual quality and aesthetic appeal that maintains over time, resolving the contradiction between manufacturing simplicity and visual quality deterioration.
3Device complexity
If conventional photograph lamination is used, then simplicity of production is improved, but ability to incorporate light effects and weather resistance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The glass substrate with integrated printed layers and lighting components enables both weather resistance and light effects integration, overcoming the limitations of conventional photograph lamination while maintaining production feasibility.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a display object (150) based on photographic image data that a user (10) transmits in digital form via the internet (20) to a provided database (15). The display object (150) to be manufactured comprises a transparent or translucent glass substrate (60) on which a color layer (160) representing the image object (40) and comprising a plurality of pixels is arranged. The invention further relates to such a display object (150), a group of such display objects (150), and an internet-based system (1) for manufacturing such display objects (150).