Wearable Mask With LED Display Panel for Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional masks lack fun and customizable designs, particularly for e-Sports game players who want to enhance their gaming experience with more engaging mask displays.
Innovation Solution
A mask design featuring a main body portion that covers the mouth and nostrils, equipped with a display panel, light source, and display control unit, allowing for detachable display panels and magnetic attachment mechanisms, enabling the display of patterns and letters through light emission, which can be switched and customized.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If a mask includes lace or colored/patterned fabric to make it fashionable, then the aesthetic appearance is improved, but the mask lacks fun and customization options
Solution Approach 1:
The mask incorporates a display panel that can dynamically change patterns and colors through LED lighting control, transforming a static fabric mask into a dynamic display device. The control unit enables the display panel to show various patterns (stripes, checks, logos) and colors, providing real-time customization without changing the physical mask structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The mask uses LED light sources with controllable emission characteristics to change the visual parameters of the mask. By adjusting the LED emission color and pattern display, the mask can present different appearances while maintaining the same physical structure, achieving parameter-based customization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a display panel is attached to the main body portion of the mask, then the mask becomes more fun and customizable, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit serves multiple functions: controlling LED light emission, managing display panel content, and coordinating the overall mask display system. The single control unit integrates what could be separate complex subsystems, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining full customization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the light source, display panel, and control unit into an integrated mask system where these components work together as a unified whole. The control unit merges the functions of light management and display control into a single device, simplifying the overall system architecture.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple light sources are provided at different positions to display various patterns, then the customization capability is improved, but the device complexity and number of components increase
Solution Approach 1:
Each light source is designed to be multi-functional, capable of emitting multiple colors and contributing to various pattern displays. The light sources are not dedicated to single functions but can be controlled to create different visual effects, reducing the need for separate specialized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple light sources into a coordinated system controlled by a single control unit. Rather than having independent control systems for each light source, they are integrated into one control architecture, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining the capability to display multiple patterns.
4Ease of operation
If the display panel is detachably attached to the main body portion, then the ease of operation and customization are improved, but the attachment mechanism complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical attachment mechanisms (screws, clips, adhesives) with a magnetic attachment system. The magnetic force provides secure attachment while allowing easy separation and reattachment, simplifying the user operation without requiring tools or complex mechanical structures.
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 mask becomes more enjoyable to wear, allowing game players to use it as a part of their costume, with customizable display options and improved visibility without compromising the aesthetic design or causing discomfort.
Implementation Method 1
The light source unit includes, for example, a light emitting diode (LED) that emits light toward the end surface of the display panel
Implementation Method 2
the attachment mechanism includes a magnet that magnetically fixes the display panel to the main body portion
Data Source
AI summary
A mask 10 comprises a main body portion 11, a fixing member 12, a display panel 13, an LED 14a, and a display control unit 15. The main body portion 11 is disposed at a shield position that covers the user's mouth and nostrils. The fixing member 12 fixes the main body portion 11 to the face so that the main body portion 11 is held at the shield position. The display panel 13 is provided at a position of the main body portion 11 opposite the front of the user's face, and performs a desired display with light emitted in a specific direction. The LED 14a irradiates the display panel 13 with light in a specific direction. The display control unit 15 controls the LED 14a so as to perform a desired display on the display panel 13.