Mobile Media Projector Screen Deployment Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in utilizing automotive vehicles as portable advertising platforms that can project media visibly at night and provide WLAN/WPAN services, while also monitoring their positioning and deployment effectiveness in outdoor advertising, which existing technologies have not adequately addressed.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that equips automotive vehicles with a mobile media projector system, including a chassis with a screen deployment mechanism, an imaging projector subsystem, location and communications subsystems, and access points for WLAN/WPAN services, allowing for selective media projection and data transmission, enabling the vehicle to act as a mobile advertising platform that can determine its geographic location and reward associated entities based on deployment locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If an automotive vehicle is equipped with a media projection system to serve as a portable advertising platform, then the ability to project media visibly at night is improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single integrated system: the media projection system is merged with the vehicle's existing electrical system, GPS location system, and wireless communication capabilities. This consolidation reduces overall system complexity while achieving nighttime media visibility through the projector-screen assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it serves as a mobile platform, advertising display (through the projector system), wireless access point, and location monitoring station. This multi-functionality justifies the added complexity by maximizing the utility of the vehicle as portable real estate.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the vehicle is equipped with screen deployment mechanism and projector subsystem, then media projection capability is improved, but the ease of operation and deployment difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The screen deployment mechanism is designed to be dynamically adjustable, allowing the screen to be deployed and retracted as needed. The projector subsystem is selectively engageable, enabling media projection only when required. This dynamic design provides versatility while maintaining operational simplicity through automated or easily controlled deployment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the vehicle provides WLAN and WPAN access points simultaneously, then the service capability is improved, but the device complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The WLAN and WPAN access points can be activated periodically or on-demand based on service requirements rather than operating continuously. This periodic activation reduces energy consumption while maintaining the capability to provide wireless services when needed, balancing service versatility with energy efficiency.
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
Enables the automotive vehicle to function as a portable advertising platform, providing visible media projection at night, simultaneous WLAN/WPAN services, and monitoring capabilities, thereby expanding market reach and capturing market share by optimizing media deployment based on weighted geographic locations.
Implementation Method 1
An image projector (e.g., LC or LED display) is attached to the distal end
Data Source
AI summary
A mobile media projector system is provided with a chassis, configured for attachment to a mobile platform, having a screen deployment mechanism. A viewing screen is selectively deployable when the mobile platform is parked in a stationary geographic location. An imaging projector subsystem projects an image onto the deployed viewing screen. Typically, the chassis is configured for attachment to an automotive vehicle with a roof, and the viewing screen is deployed over an exterior surface of the automotive vehicle. The system may include a WLAN and/or WPAN access point. A targeting application may select the geographic location from a group of stationary geographic locations, each having a weighted value. A second mobile media projector system includes a chassis configured for attachment to a roof of an automobile having a side mirror. An image projected onto the side mirror is reflected onto a surface such as the automobile door.