Memory Book With Removable Video Screen Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing memory and photo books lack the ability to integrate motion video and audio, limiting their functionality in preserving and reliving memories of special events, and previous solutions either do not allow for storage of items or do not provide a means to access and share memories effectively.
Innovation Solution
A book assembly with a built-in video screen and audio panel that allows users to load and play back personal content, featuring a touchscreen interface, rechargeable battery, and durable hardcover for long-term use, enabling the integration of video and audio within a book format.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a video screen and audio panel are integrated into a book assembly, then the functionality for preserving and reliving memories is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a video screen, audio panel, rechargeable battery, and book assembly into a single integrated device. This merging of multiple functional components into one unified system resolves the technical contradiction by achieving enhanced versatility (video, audio, and book functions) while managing device complexity through integrated design rather than separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The book assembly serves multiple functions: it acts as a traditional book for reading, a video player for watching recorded events, and an audio player for listening to recordings. This multi-functionality approach resolves the contradiction by making a single device adaptable to various uses (reading, viewing, listening) without requiring separate devices for each function.
2Ease of operation
If a touchscreen interface and rechargeable battery are added to the book assembly, then the ease of operation is improved, but the weight of the object increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical operations (manual page turning, physical buttons) with a touchscreen interface that uses electrical sensing and display technologies. This substitution improves ease of operation by providing intuitive touch-based control while integrating the necessary electronic components (including battery) into the book structure, managing the weight increase through thoughtful integration rather than addition of separate components.
3Adaptability or versatility
If video and audio content are integrated into the book, then the immersion experience is improved, but the loss of information increases due to technological dependency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates a rechargeable battery designed to provide long-term power supply, cushioning against the potential problem of power failure. This prior cushioning approach ensures that the video and audio functionalities remain reliable over extended periods, mitigating the risk that technological dependency (battery failure) would cause loss of information or inaccessible memories.
Data Source
AI summary
In a world with technology readily available to capture photos and videos, people have large collections of their favorite memories in digital form. The invention provides a screen to play videos and listen to audio, integrated into a book, for the purpose of memory preservation. The current invention discusses a novel form of memory book with an integrated video screen built on non-bendable material wherein the technological part is removable and replaceable either by removing a page in case of a binding cover wherein the binding system allows for the book to be opened up and reassembled or an alternate design of removing the screen when it attaches with magnets, sliding in and out of place, or is placed within a friction fit case. These memory books provide the option to record, edit and upload digital media files, to view and listen to content within the structure of a book.