LED Game Kit for Low-Light Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multi-player athletic games face challenges in low-light conditions due to reduced visibility, limiting gameplay options and strategies.
Innovation Solution
A kit of parts for playing capture the flag in low-light conditions, including flags, territory markers, jail markers, and team identifiers equipped with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that can be activated using buttons or twist mechanisms, allowing for visual signals and wireless communication to enhance gameplay visibility and strategy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multi-player athletic games are played in low-light conditions, then the game can be enjoyed in more environments and at different times, but visibility is reduced making it difficult to see game elements and coordinates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color-changing principles by using LED lights that emit different colors to indicate various game elements, player positions, and coordinates. The LED team identifiers and game elements change their light emission properties to provide visual information in low-light conditions, resolving the visibility problem while maintaining environmental adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces LED lights as an intermediary medium between the game elements and players' vision. These LED team identifiers and illuminated game elements act as mediators that convert non-visible or hard-to-see game information into visible light signals, enabling gameplay in dark environments without compromising visibility.
2Device complexity
If traditional game elements are used in low-light conditions, then the game structure remains simple, but players cannot locate game elements or each other
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges traditional game elements with LED lighting technology. The LED team identifiers are integrated into player equipment, and game elements are combined with illumination capabilities. This merging allows the game to maintain its structural simplicity while adding the necessary light-emitting functions for low-light visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies multi-functionality by making game elements serve dual purposes: their traditional game function plus light emission for visibility. The LED team identifiers not only identify teams but also illuminate player positions. Game elements not only define boundaries but also emit light to be locatable in dark conditions.
3Illumination intensity
If LED lights are added to game elements and team identifiers, then visibility in low-light conditions improves, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the LED light emission controllable and variable. The system can adjust light intensity, color, and emission patterns based on game conditions. This dynamic control allows the system to provide necessary visibility while managing energy consumption and complexity through intelligent light management rather than permanent fixed illumination.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables safe and engaging gameplay in low-light environments by providing visual signals and flexible game variations, improving player identification and team coordination through LED-based systems.
Implementation Method 1
Each player can be equipped with a team identifier such as a wristband, headband, or other item having one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs) thereon
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AI summary
A kit of parts for playing a capture the flag game in low-light conditions is disclosed herein. The kit can include a number of flags, each of the flags carrying one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) operable to provide a visual signal; a number of territory markers, each of the territory markers carrying one or more LEDs operable to provide a visual signal; and a number of jail markers, each of the jail markers carrying one or more LEDs operable to provide a visual signal. The flags, the territory markers, and the jail markers are configured to be selectively disposable upon or attachable to the terrain.