Illuminated Display With Selective Serifs For Billion Dollar Values
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current illuminated displays for lottery jackpot values are inadequate for accurately showing values greater than one billion dollars, as they are not well-suited for large numbers and cannot effectively display such high values while maintaining the traditional size and shape of multi-digit signs.
Innovation Solution
An illuminated display with a housing containing a display area and an alphanumeric array of individual light-emitting segments, which can selectively illuminate to display single digit numbers and a capital letter 'B' using first and second light-emitting serifs, allowing for the representation of numbers up to and exceeding one billion dollars.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional multi-digit displays are used, then the display maintains its traditional size and shape, but it cannot accurately display lottery jackpot values greater than one billion dollars
Solution Approach 1:
The display is divided into multiple numeric arrays (e.g., three separate digit positions), each capable of displaying individual digits. This segmentation allows the display to represent large numbers by combining multiple digits, enabling accurate display of jackpot values up to one billion dollars while maintaining the traditional multi-digit sign format
Solution Approach 2:
Each numeric array is designed to display both numeric values (0-9) and can be combined with decimal points to represent different magnitude levels (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions). This multi-functionality allows the same physical display structure to accurately represent both traditional jackpot values and expanded values exceeding one billion dollars
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display is expanded to show larger values, then it can display jackpot values over one billion, but it changes the traditional size and shape of the display
Solution Approach 1:
The display uses selectively illuminatable segments within each numeric array, allowing dynamic configuration of displayed values. By controlling which segments are illuminated, the display can represent different magnitude levels (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions) using the same physical space, enabling expanded value representation without increasing display area
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a decimal point dimension to the traditional numeric display. By adding decimal points between digit positions, the display creates a new dimensional layer for representing magnitude, allowing values over one billion to be displayed using the same physical array configuration that traditionally displayed smaller values
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables accurate and effective display of high lottery jackpot values by utilizing a combination of numeric and alphanumeric arrays with LEDs in a dot matrix panel, maintaining the traditional size and shape of the display while supporting values beyond the previous limitations.
Implementation Method 1
The plurality of numeric arrays and the alphanumeric array may be formed of a plurality of LEDs disposed within a dot matrix panel
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AI summary
An illuminated display with a display area having a plurality of numeric arrays formed of individual light emitting segments, and an alphanumeric array formed of individual light emitting segments and two light emitting serifs. The segments of the numeric arrays may be individually illuminated to collectively displays a single digit number in each array. The segments of the alphanumeric array may be individually illuminated to collectively displays a single digit number in the array or in combination with the serifs of the alphanumeric array to collectively displays a capital letter “B” in the alphanumeric array.