Light Bulb Projector System for Immersive Small Space Entertainment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional entertainment systems in small spaces, such as hotel rooms and waiting areas, lack the ability to create immersive environments that combine visual and audio interactions, failing to engage users in a technologically advanced manner.
Innovation Solution
A light bulb projector system that can be powered by a standard light bulb socket, integrated with a lens assembly and projection screen, allowing for the projection of images onto various surfaces within a room, including ceilings, and capable of receiving wireless image streams for interactive and immersive experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional display systems are used in small spaces, then the space can provide basic entertainment, but the system cannot create an immersive environment that engages users in a technologically advanced manner
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a projector, audio system, and control interfaces into an integrated display system that can be deployed in small spaces. The projector projects images onto room surfaces while audio speakers provide surround sound, creating an immersive environment without requiring separate complex systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system is designed to perform multiple functions: projecting visual content onto various surfaces (walls, ceilings, floors), providing audio output, and supporting interactive gameplay. This multi-functionality allows a single system to create immersive environments across different space configurations without requiring specialized equipment for each function.
2Ease of operation
If display systems are designed for interactive play in small spaces, then user engagement is improved, but the system becomes more complex and difficult to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The system includes automatic calibration and setup features that reduce manual configuration. The projector automatically adjusts projection parameters based on detected surface characteristics, and the audio system automatically configures speaker output based on room acoustics, simplifying operation while maintaining interactive capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates sensors and detectors that monitor user interaction and environmental conditions, automatically adjusting system parameters to optimize the immersive experience. This feedback mechanism allows complex interactive features to operate seamlessly without requiring users to manually configure multiple parameters.
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
Transforms small spaces into immersive environments by projecting high-definition images and audio, enhancing entertainment and play experiences, making them comparable to screen-based interactions while allowing for user interaction and control.
Implementation Method 1
the projector projects light with imagery (e.g., a pico projector is used that is powered through an adapter screwed into a conventional light bulb socket)
Implementation Method 2
The apparatus further includes a lens assembly receiving the projected light and directing the projected light onto a projection surface
Data Source
AI summary
A display system that includes a projector light bulb. The system includes a light fixture with a conventional light bulb socket. A projector light bulb is provided with a socket adapter for mating electrically with the light bulb socket. A projector such as a pico projector is fit into the socket adapter or to mate with this adapter to be powered by the light bulb socket via the adapter. In lamp-type implementations, the projector is used to project onto a lamp shade-shaped rear projection screen or through a translucent shade and also upon surfaces of the ceiling or objects above the projector light bulb. A light conditioning or directing assembly may be provided that directs a portion of the projected light onto the projection screen (or shade) and another portion up onto the ceiling so as to concurrently focus on two or more surfaces at two or more focal distances.