Illuminated Book Device with Translucent Page Lighting
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of book illumination devices that can individually illuminate pages inserted into or applied over frames, failing to enhance the reading experience with peripheral lighting.
Innovation Solution
An electronic page illumination device featuring a binder with rechargeable batteries, translucent sheets, and an LED strip for illuminating pages, allowing for either front or back lighting depending on sheet configuration, and optional audio features for an interactive experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If traditional books or e-reader books are used without illumination devices, then the device complexity is low, but the reading experience quality is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the illumination device with the book structure by integrating LED strips, batteries, and control circuits directly into the book pages and covers. The translucent sheets are incorporated into the page construction, merging the lighting function with the reading medium itself, thereby achieving page illumination without requiring separate external lighting devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The book structure is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as both the reading medium and the illumination device. The translucent sheets serve dual purposes of protecting the page content and transmitting light, while the binder serves as both the book binding mechanism and the housing for batteries and control electronics, reducing the need for additional separate components.
2Ease of operation
If individual pages are inserted into separate frames with periphery lighting, then the reading experience is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The book is divided into individual page units, each with its own translucent sheet and illumination components. Each page can be independently inserted into or applied over the binder frames, allowing for modular assembly and easy page replacement without affecting the entire book structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The page structure is designed with nested components where the translucent sheet is placed over the page content, which is then inserted into the binder frame that contains the LED lighting. The page, translucent sheet, and frame with lighting components are nested together in a compact arrangement that simplifies insertion while maintaining the illumination function.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides a pleasurable reading experience by illuminating pages and offering an interactive, rich experience through selective lighting and audio recordings, particularly beneficial for children and new readers.
Implementation Method 1
at least one strip light disposed inside of the bracket
Implementation Method 2
a first translucent sheet, a second oppositely spaced translucent sheet
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic page illumination device including at least one binder, at least one battery disposed inside of said at least one binder and at least one page coupled to said at least one binder. The page includes a bracket, a first translucent sheet and at least one light disposed inside of the bracket. A written page or an image is configured to be placed between or over said first translucent sheet and said second translucent sheet and then illuminated by said light which is disposed inside of the bracket.