Hollow Vertical Blinds with Integrated LED Lighting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vertical and horizontal blinds are limited in their ability to display images and lack functionality for lighting, as they are made of singular thin plate materials that cannot accommodate light sources or create special light effects.
Innovation Solution
Hollow translucent vertical blinds with ovally profiled design, featuring LED lights or other light sources integrated into the partition within, and independently linked lock-cap light sources at the top and bottom, allowing for customizable lighting and image display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If hollow vertical blinds with integrated light sources are used, then lighting functionality and special light effects are enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single blind structure: the hollow profile integrates both the structural frame and the light source housing, while the partition wall serves as both a structural divider and a mounting surface for LED lights. This merging of functions enables lighting capability without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The vertical blind profile is designed to serve multiple purposes: it provides shading functionality, houses integrated LED lighting, displays images through its translucent walls, and allows interchangeable printed sheets. This multi-functionality approach enables the single structure to deliver diverse capabilities including lighting, display, and decoration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If light sources are integrated into the vertical blinds, then special light effects can be created, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The blind profile is segmented into distinct functional zones: the hollow interior space for light sources, the partition wall for mounting LEDs, and the translucent walls for light transmission. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured separately and then assembled, simplifying the overall manufacturing process while enabling complex light effects.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite construction combining translucent materials (for light transmission), opaque materials (for light blocking and structure), and integrated LED components. This composite approach enables diverse light effects while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through standardized material applications.
3Adaptability or versatility
If interchangeable printed sheets are added to the hollow vertical blinds, then image display capability is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The blind system transitions from a static structure to a dynamic, reconfigurable display medium by incorporating interchangeable printed sheets that can be inserted and removed. This dynamic capability allows the same physical blind structure to display different images or patterns, enhancing versatility without requiring multiple fixed blind structures.
4Adaptability or versatility
If independent lighting control is implemented for each vertical blind, then customization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each vertical blind is designed as an independent, self-contained unit with its own integrated light sources and control capabilities. This segmentation allows individual blinds to be controlled separately while maintaining a relatively simple control architecture, as each unit operates independently rather than requiring complex centralized control of all blinds simultaneously.
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 the creation of special light effects and allows for interchangeable images, enhancing both aesthetic and functional capabilities of the blinds by integrating LED lights and enabling independent control of light sources.
Implementation Method 1
LED-lights or another light source has been fixed on top and bottom of the vertical blinds
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AI summary
The invention is based on a certain number of hollow translucent vertical blinds (1), which are somewhat ovally profiled, wherein LED-lights or another light source (3) has been fixed and on top and bottom of the vertical blinds are bolted by a lock-cap, provided with a light source (3), or LED lights, where of both light sources independently from each other can be linked, so that special light effects can be realised in the hollow translucent vertical blinds and bolted lock caps into the top and bottom of the vertical blinds.