Glowing Targets for Open Field Entertainment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large, open field areas such as farms, parks, and sports stadiums are underutilized and generate little income, necessitating a way to monetize these spaces when not in use for their primary purpose.
Innovation Solution
An open field game arrangement featuring glowing, responsive targets that can be hit by various objects, accompanied by a sensor system and controller to generate light and sound responses, and an optional scoring system, allowing for entertainment and revenue generation both day and night.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If large open field areas are left unused for their primary purpose, then the space remains available, but income generation is minimized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms single-purpose open fields into multi-functional spaces by adding game targets that enable recreational activities. The same field space serves both its primary purpose (e.g., farming, sports events) and secondary recreational purpose (target games with glowing targets), allowing income generation without sacrificing the original space availability.
2Productivity
If glowing targets with sensors and controllers are added to generate income, then entertainment value and income potential increase, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into independent modular components: glowing targets, sensor arrangements, controllers, and scoring systems. Each component can be independently installed, maintained, and replaced. The targets are separate physical structures with integrated lighting, while sensors and controllers are distinct electronic modules, allowing simplified deployment and reduced overall system complexity.
3Ease of operation
If sensors and controllers are installed to detect target hits and generate responses, then interactive entertainment experience is enhanced, but manufacturing cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor arrangements are integrated directly into the target structures themselves, allowing the targets to autonomously detect hits and trigger responses without requiring separate complex detection systems. The controllers automatically process sensor signals and activate appropriate light/sound responses, reducing the need for manual operation and simplifying the overall control architecture.
4Productivity
If the game arrangement uses darkness to provide special entertainment experience, then nighttime utilization is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The glowing targets use periodic or pulsed lighting rather than continuous illumination. The lights activate in response to specific events (target hits, game rounds) and can be programmed to operate during specific time periods (evening/night hours), reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining the special nighttime entertainment experience.
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 income generation by providing an engaging entertainment experience, utilizing the space for various games and activities, enhancing utilization and revenue potential through interactive and illuminated targets with sensory feedback.
Implementation Method 1
The glowing targets are hollow structures made of a transparent or translucent skin, with light shining through, from the interior to the exterior of the skin, causing the skin to glow.
Implementation Method 2
There is a sensor arrangement that determines when the targets have been hit.
Implementation Method 3
The response may be one or more different colors of light or one or more flashing lights shining from the interior of the target that has been hit
Implementation Method 4
The response may include a sound generated at the target or at a different location or at multiple locations.
Data Source
AI summary
An open field game arrangement includes glowing targets and provides responses, such as lights and sounds, when the targets are hit.