Hexagonal Prismatic Packing Puzzle with Adjustable Slope Angles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Prior puzzle games have limited structural variety and solution options due to their design, which restricts the improvement of logical thinking and spatial awareness in users, especially children.
Innovation Solution
A hexagonal prismatic packing puzzle composed of multiple unit components with different volumes and shapes, allowing for various configurations and adaptations to form a hexagonal prism, including a puzzle frame with adjustable slope angles and volume adjustments, enabling multiple solutions and difficulty levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If puzzle games use a single frame or single solution design, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the structural variety and solution options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The puzzle set is divided into multiple independent puzzle pieces (first puzzle pieces, second puzzle pieces, third puzzle pieces) that can be combined in various ways. Each puzzle type consists of different数量的 components that can be assembled into different configurations, enabling multiple solutions from the same set of pieces.
Solution Approach 2:
The same set of puzzle pieces can be used to form different geometric shapes (hexagonal prism, triangular prism, quadrangular pyramid) and can be adjusted to create puzzles with varying difficulty levels. The puzzle frame can also be adjusted to accommodate different puzzle configurations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If puzzle games use identical unit components, then the manufacturing is simple and consistent, but the thinking training improvement is limited
Solution Approach 1:
Different types of puzzle pieces (first, second, third) have distinct characteristics and properties. The first puzzle pieces have different shapes and sizes from the second and third pieces, allowing them to fulfill different functional roles in the puzzle assembly while maintaining standardized manufacturing processes.
3Adaptability or versatility
If puzzle difficulty is determined only by the number of pieces, then the design is simple, but the difficulty levels and engagement are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The puzzle system allows for dynamic adjustment of difficulty levels by changing the number and types of puzzle pieces used, the configuration of the puzzle frame, and the target geometric shape to be formed. The same set of pieces can create easy, medium, or hard puzzles depending on the configuration.
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AI summary
A hexagonal prismatic packing puzzle is provided, which includes 18 different shapes of puzzles. Each of the puzzles is composed of a plurality of unit components and the puzzles can be pieced together into a hexagonal prism. The unit components are selected from a group consisting of a first unit component and a second unit component. The volume of the first unit component is larger than that of the second unit component. The packing puzzle does not have an only solution or a specific solution. A user may develop and improve the sense of space and the cognitive of geometric figures thereof. Further, the user may train ability to think in multiple ways and achieve edutainment in the process of thinking.