Location-Aware Display Container for Amusement Park Immersion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing amusement park experiences lack innovative ways to enhance guest engagement and immersion, particularly through interactive and location-specific content provided by food and/or drink containers.
Innovation Solution
A food and/or drink container equipped with an enclosure, a display, and a processor or control system that adjusts imagery based on the container's location, using low-power technologies such as electronic paper or magnetic particle displays, and interacts with other elements within the amusement park.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a food and/or drink container is equipped with a display and control system to provide location-specific imagery, then guest engagement and immersion are enhanced, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by transitioning the display technology from traditional high-power screens to electronic paper or magnetic particle displays that consume minimal power. This allows the container to maintain location-specific imagery capability while dramatically reducing energy consumption, as these alternative display technologies update visual information without continuous power input once the image is formed
Solution Approach 2:
The control system updates imagery periodically or on-demand based on location changes rather than continuously refreshing the display. The processor receives location data and only triggers display updates when the container moves to a new location or interacts with park elements, allowing the display to maintain images without continuous power consumption between updates
2Ease of operation
If traditional displays are used in food containers, then imagery can be presented, but power consumption is high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional electronic display mechanisms with alternative technologies such as electronic paper or magnetic particle displays. These substitutes use different physical principles (electrostatic fields, magnetic field manipulation) rather than continuous backlighting and pixel refreshing, achieving imagery presentation with significantly reduced power consumption
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the fundamental operating parameters of the display system by selecting technologies that store visual information statically rather than dynamically refreshing it. Electronic paper and magnetic particle displays maintain images without continuous power, fundamentally altering the power consumption profile while preserving the imagery presentation function
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 solution provides an enhanced amusement park experience by offering location-specific and interactive imagery on food and/or drink containers, increasing guest engagement and immersion without significant power consumption.
Implementation Method 1
using low-power technologies such as electronic paper or magnetic particle displays
Data Source
AI summary
A food and/or drink container includes an enclosure forming a space configured to receive a food and/or drink, a display coupled to the enclosure, and a processor communicatively coupled to the display. The processor is configured to receive an indication of a current location of the food and/or drink container and cause the display to output imagery based on the current location.