Hotel rooms

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional hotel room configurations often result in crowded spaces when shared, as rectangular rooms do not effectively segregate areas for sleeping and other activities, leading to discomfort for guests trying to sleep while others are awake and engaged in different activities.

Innovation Solution

Reconfiguring hotel rooms into a T and L shape with a rotating television stand and desk module, and incorporating features like a cushioned headrest with sound-absorbing materials, noise-cancelling technologies, and individual control panels for sound, lights, and ventilation to create separate and comfortable spaces within the room.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If a rectangular hotel room is shared by multiple guests, then the room can accommodate more guests, but the space becomes crowded and guests cannot engage in different activities comfortably

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of guestsVSAvoidcomfort for different activities

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The room is divided into distinct functional zones (sleeping area, sitting area, working area) separated by partition walls and strategic furniture placement. This segmentation allows multiple guests to engage in different activities simultaneously without interference, resolving the contradiction between accommodating more guests and maintaining comfort for different activities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different areas of the room are designed with specific qualities suited to their functions: the sleeping area has sound-absorbing materials and privacy features, the sitting area has comfortable seating and television, and the working area has adequate lighting and desk space. This local differentiation enables comfortable multi-activity use while accommodating multiple guests.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Adaptability or versatility

If one guest is trying to sleep while another guest is watching television or working, then the room must accommodate conflicting activity needs, but conventional layouts cause disturbance and discomfort

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccommodation of different activitiesVSAvoidnoise and light disturbance

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The headboard incorporates sound-absorbing materials that convert the harmful effect of noise into a beneficial quiet environment for sleeping guests. The partition walls and furniture arrangements similarly convert potential disturbance sources into isolated zones, allowing television and working activities to proceed without disturbing sleeping guests.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Ease of operation

If the room size is increased to provide separate areas for different activities, then guests can engage in activities without disturbance, but the cost and space requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveseparate activity spacesVSAvoidroom size

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The room utilizes vertical space and three-dimensional arrangement to create separate functional zones within a compact footprint. Partition walls extend at different heights, furniture is arranged to maximize space utilization, and the layout creates distinct areas without requiring a larger floor area, thus achieving separate activity spaces without increasing room size.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The design nests multiple functional zones within the single room space, with the sleeping area, sitting area, and working area arranged in a nested or interlocking configuration. This allows separate activity spaces to be created within the existing room boundaries without requiring additional space.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

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 reconfigured hotel rooms provide separate areas for sleeping and living, allowing guests to engage in different activities without disturbing each other, enhancing comfort and the perception of space without requiring additional room size.

Implementation Method 1

The headrest may include passive and/or active sound-absorbing materials so as to provide a quieter experience for a guest

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectSound absorption: Acoustic Absorption

Implementation Method 2

the headrest may also include noise-cancelling technologies and/or lights that are particularly directed to opposite sides of the bed

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectNoise cancellation: Acoustic Absorption

Data Source

PatentUS10287789B2Hotel rooms

Publication Date: 2019.05.14 SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS INC

AI summary

An improved hotel configuration. The hotel room configuration includes two adjacent rooms, one of which forms a T, and the other of which forms an L, with the base of the T fitting into the right angle formed by the L. Embodiments are directed to reconfiguring an existing hotel having adjacent, side-by-side rooms into the T and L configuration. Additional embodiments are directed to a combined television stand and desk module that fits into or is used as a footboard of a bed. A television can be mounted on the top of this console, and can, in embodiments, rotate to face the desk, the bed, or other parts of the room.