Exterior LED Display Lattice Mounting for Wind and Sunlight

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing outdoor advertising structures, such as large steel-framed signs or billboards, face challenges in efficiently dissipating environmental forces and maintaining visibility in bright sunlight due to their design and mounting methods, which can lead to instability and reduced effectiveness in high-traffic areas.

Innovation Solution

An exterior display system featuring a mechanical lattice framework supported by a mechanical supporting structure, integrated with adjustable mechanical mounting assemblies and electronic visual display panels comprising LED disc assemblies, which are connected to form a robust and flexible display surface capable of withstanding environmental factors and adjusting orientation for optimal visibility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If traditional steel-framed billboards are used, then advertising space is provided, but stability under environmental forces deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovestabilityVSAvoidenvironmental forces
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The display system is divided into modular electronic visual display panels that can be independently mounted and adjusted on the mechanical supporting structure, allowing each module to withstand environmental forces independently while maintaining overall system stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The mechanical mounting assemblies incorporate adjustable mechanisms that allow the display panels to be repositioned and reoriented in response to environmental conditions, enabling the system to dynamically adapt to wind, sunlight, and other external forces

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Illumination intensity

If traditional billboard mounting methods are used, then advertising display is achieved, but visibility in bright sunlight deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovevisibilityVSAvoidbright sunlight
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The mechanical mounting assemblies enable the display panels to be dynamically adjusted in orientation and angle, allowing optimal positioning to maximize visibility while minimizing the impact of bright sunlight and other environmental lighting conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system allows changing the orientation parameters and viewing angles of the display panels through adjustable mounting mechanisms, optimizing the display's visibility characteristics under varying sunlight conditions throughout the day

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If fixed mounting structures are used, then installation is simplified, but adaptability to different conditions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadjustabilityVSAvoidmounting system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting system is segmented into standardized mechanical assemblies that can be independently configured and adjusted, providing adaptability through modular combinations while maintaining manageable complexity through repetition of standard components

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The mechanical mounting assemblies are designed with universal adjustment capabilities that allow the same basic structure to accommodate different display panel configurations and orientations, achieving multi-functionality without proportionally increasing complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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 system provides a stable and highly visible display solution that can withstand environmental forces and maintain clarity in bright conditions, enhancing the effectiveness of outdoor advertising in high-traffic areas by ensuring the electronic visual display device remains functional and visible.

Implementation Method 1

Each of the multiple electronic visual display panels can include multiple groups of multiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight-emitting diode: Light Emitting Diode

Data Source

PatentUS11985776B2Hierarchal power and data distribution system for an exterior display system
Publication Date: 2024.05.14 SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LLC
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AI summary

An exterior display system can be configured and arranged around a structure. The exterior display system includes a mechanical supporting structure configured and arranged about the exterior surface of the structure. This mechanical supporting structure can include various supporting structures and/or mounting structures which are configured and arranged to form a mechanical lattice framework. An electronic visual display device can be connected to the mechanical lattice framework to form the exterior display system. The electronic visual display device can include multiple electronic visual display panels which are connected to the mechanical lattice framework. Each of these multiple electronic visual display panels can include multiple groups of multiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs), also referred to electronic LED disc assemblies, that are configured and arranged in a series of one or more rows and/or a series of one or more columns.