Light-Guided Luminous Base for Cup Visibility in Dark Venues
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cup mats fail to attract attention in dark environments, such as nightclubs or pubs, and can be difficult to locate in low-light conditions.
Innovation Solution
A luminous base with a light guide structure and light emitting module that projects light from the bottom of a cup or beverage bottle, providing illumination and highlighting its presence.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a conventional cup mat is used, then the structure is simple and cost-effective, but the visibility in dark environments is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into the cup mat base: light emission (LED module), light guidance (light guide structure), and power supply (battery module) are integrated into a single base structure. This merging approach enables the mat to emit light and improve visibility while maintaining structural integration rather than adding separate complex components.
Solution Approach 2:
The light guide structure acts as an intermediary between the LED light source and the cup/bottle. It receives light from the LED module and guides/diffuses it upward to illuminate the bottom of the cup or bottle, enhancing visibility in dark environments through this intermediate light transmission mechanism.
2Reliability
If a luminous base with light guide structure is added, then the visibility and attraction effect is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for the cup/bottle, houses the LED light emitting module, contains the battery power supply module, and incorporates the light guide structure. This multi-functionality approach improves reliability in dark environments without proportionally increasing complexity, as one base structure performs multiple roles.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a nested structure where the LED module, battery module, and light guide structure are all integrated within the base body. The light guide structure is positioned between the LED module and the cup/bottle, creating a nested arrangement of functional components that maximizes space utilization and reduces overall structural complexity.
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 luminous base effectively attracts attention and enhances visibility of the cup or beverage bottle in dark environments, ensuring it can be easily located and recognized.
Implementation Method 1
a light guide structure, installed at the base body, and configured to be corresponsive to the light outlet
Data Source
AI summary
A luminous base includes a base body, a light guide structure, a light emitting module and a power supply module. The base body has a cover with a light outlet; the light guide structure is installed at the base body and configured to be corresponsive to the light outlet; the light emitting module is installed in the base body for projecting light towards the light guide structure; the power supply module is electrically connected to the light emitting module. Therefore, light can be illuminated upwardly from the bottom of a cup and/or a beverage bottle in a surface emitting manner, and the existence of the cup and/or the beverage bottle can be highlighted to provide a glare effect in a dark environment, and the light can be illuminated uniformly upward from the bottom of the cup and/or the beverage bottle to provide a light staining effect.