Interactive display stand for objects, especially watches or jewellery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Displaying valuable items like jewelry and watches poses challenges due to their small size and high value, requiring secure and interactive presentation methods that balance visibility with protection, especially in retail and exhibition settings where prolonged exposure increases security risks.
Innovation Solution
An interactive display stand with a compartmentalized housing and shutter panels, equipped with drive and control mechanisms to selectively display one object at a time through a single orifice, incorporating security detection and locking systems, and interactive control means like touch screens and motion sensors to manage user interaction and secure the objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If valuable items are openly exhibited in display cases, then visibility and presentation quality are improved, but security risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display case is segmented into multiple compartments, each with independent shutter control. This allows selective display of individual items while maintaining security for others, resolving the contradiction between visibility and security risk by controlling access at the compartment level rather than requiring full exposure of all valuable items
Solution Approach 2:
The shutters are designed to be dynamically controllable, moving between open and closed states based on security conditions and user interaction. This dynamic control allows the system to adapt between maximum visibility during authorized viewing and maximum security during threats or unauthorized access attempts
2Quantity of substance
If multiple objects are displayed simultaneously, then variety and selection are improved, but security control becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The display case is divided into multiple independently controllable compartments, each with its own shutter mechanism. This segmentation allows multiple objects to be displayed simultaneously while maintaining independent security control over each compartment, preventing the need for complex centralized control systems
Solution Approach 2:
Each compartment is equipped with independent control capabilities, allowing the system to manage multiple objects through decentralized control. The microprocessor unit can independently control each shutter based on sensor inputs and programmed logic, simplifying the overall security control architecture
3Ease of operation
If the display case remains continuously open for public viewing, then accessibility and user experience are improved, but vulnerability to break-ins increases
Solution Approach 1:
The shutters are designed for dynamic operation, transitioning between open and closed states based on detected threats or unauthorized access attempts. This allows the system to maintain public accessibility during normal operation while providing rapid closure capability when security threats are detected, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates sensors and control logic that detect potential break-in attempts in advance and trigger premature shutter closure. This preliminary anti-action prevents actual damage by closing shutters before complete unauthorized access can occur, maintaining both accessibility during normal use and protection against break-ins
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AI summary
An interactive display stand with a compartment containing objects on supports, and forming an enclosed housing with a single orifice, a driver to control a transporting device to move a support to make only one object visible through the orifice, the user having a device for selecting an object, interfaced with this driver and to align with the orifice the support bearing the object selected for viewing, and including a security detection device for detecting the presence of a hand within the security space, interfaced with the driver to start in such case a programmed cycle, and to lock an object inside this compartment through the orifice.