Interactive Ticket with Synchronized Lighting for Crowd Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for an apparatus and method that can track admissions, control access, and enable attendees to interact with performances at a venue, enhancing their involvement in events by creating synchronized lighting effects.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus includes a substrate with a power source, a light emitting device, and a processor that can be activated by signals to produce coordinated lighting effects in response to music or other performance elements, allowing multiple attendees to synchronize their lighting effects while also serving as a ticket or access control device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional ticket system is used for admission control, then access tracking is achieved, but attendee interaction with the performance is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The ticket device is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as an admission control identifier, a communication device for receiving signals, and a lighting effect generator. By integrating these functions into a single device, the system enables attendee interaction with performances while maintaining streamlined access control, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the admission ticket, signal receiver, and light emitting device into a single integrated apparatus. This merging allows the ticket to simultaneously handle access control and performance interaction through synchronized lighting effects, eliminating the need for separate interaction devices and reducing overall system complexity
2Adaptability or versatility
If lighting effects are added to enhance performance interaction, then attendee engagement improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The ticket device integrates lighting effect generation directly into the admission ticket structure, allowing the same device to serve both as access control medium and performance interaction tool. This multi-functionality approach enables enhanced attendee engagement without requiring additional separate devices, thus managing complexity effectively
3Productivity
If synchronized lighting effects are implemented across multiple tickets, then crowd coordination improves, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting effects are activated periodically in synchronization with performance events rather than continuously. The central system sends timed signals that trigger brief lighting sequences, allowing tickets to remain in low-power state between activations. This periodic operation achieves effective crowd coordination while significantly reducing overall energy consumption compared to continuous operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses centralized signal distribution where the venue control system coordinates lighting activation across all tickets based on performance timing. This feedback mechanism ensures synchronized activation only when needed, optimizing the balance between coordination effectiveness and energy consumption by avoiding unnecessary continuous operation
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
This solution allows attendees to interactively participate in performances by creating synchronized lighting effects while effectively managing access and crowd control, enhancing the event experience and safety through coordinated lighting cues.
Implementation Method 1
a light emitting device
Data Source
AI summary
A method for creating a desired lighting effect. The desired lighting effect is created by using a plurality of apparatuses at a controlled access venue which are capable of actuating one or more lights. The apparatuses in conjunction can create a desired lighting affect. The desired lighting effect can be customized to alleviate crowds. The desired lighting effect can also help to identify and direct aid to attendees in distress.