Mobile Entertainment Units for Flexible Deployment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional entertainment systems for providing videos are large, complex, and inflexible, making them unsuitable for short-term use in small spaces, remote locations, or touring, and require significant labor and power resources.

Innovation Solution

A mobile entertainment system comprising multiple small vehicles equipped with output devices for video and sound, controlled by an arrangement and output control unit, allowing for flexible configuration and easy power management via onboard batteries.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional attraction systems use large equipment and complex systems to accommodate large audiences and increase realistic sensation, then audience capacity and entertainment quality are improved, but system size, complexity, and installation requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstallation flexibilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The entertainment system is divided into multiple independent mobile units, each capable of autonomous operation. These units can be individually transported and deployed, transforming a single complex fixed system into multiple simple mobile components that can be flexibly arranged based on space and audience requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each mobile unit is designed with multi-functional capabilities, integrating power supply, content output, and mobility functions into a single device. The units can serve multiple purposes including video projection, audio output, and can be arranged in various configurations to accommodate different audience sizes and space constraints.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional attraction systems are designed for large audiences and fixed locations, then entertainment quality is improved, but mobility and ease of deployment deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovemobilityVSAvoidpower supply reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Each mobile unit is equipped with its own onboard battery power supply, enabling autonomous operation without dependence on external power infrastructure. This self-powered design allows the units to be deployed in remote locations and moved freely while maintaining reliable power supply for entertainment functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If conventional attraction systems use large equipment, then audience capacity is improved, but ease of transport and setup deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesetup efficiencyVSAvoidequipment weight
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system is segmented into multiple lightweight mobile units that can be individually transported using standard vehicles. This segmentation transforms a single heavy equipment piece into multiple manageable components, dramatically improving transport efficiency and setup speed while maintaining the capability to serve large audiences through coordinated operation of multiple units.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11343557B2Entertainment system and program
Publication Date: 2022.05.24 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

An entertainment system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of mobile units each of which has an output device for outputting a video and/or a sound of content, an arrangement control unit configured to control an arrangement of the plurality of mobile unit, and an output control unit configured to control the video and/or the sound of the content, which is output from each of the plurality of mobile units, based on the arrangement of the plurality of mobile units.