Changing room
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing changing rooms are inflexible, costly to produce and assemble, and often provide inadequate lighting, leading to unfavorable reflection and purchasing decisions in clothing selection.
Innovation Solution
A modular changing cubicle with a detachable light source and mirror arrangement, featuring an L-shaped design for easy installation, adjustable LED lighting for optimal illumination, and a built-in holder for recording/playback devices, allowing for customizable lighting patterns and image acquisition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If changing rooms are designed as closed housings with fixed installations, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to different installation situations and building conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The changing room is divided into separate functional modules: a ceiling module containing light sources and control units, and wall modules containing mirrors and operating units. This segmentation allows each module to be independently manufactured and installed, enabling adaptation to different building conditions while maintaining structural integrity through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The ceiling module is designed as a universal component that can be installed in various ceiling types (suspended ceilings, concrete ceilings, wooden ceilings) using different mounting options. The standardized interfaces and modular design allow the same basic module to serve multiple installation scenarios, enhancing versatility without compromising structural stability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If changing rooms are designed as closed housings with fixed installations, then structural stability is improved, but production and assembly costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the changing room into standardized modules (ceiling module with light sources, wall modules with mirrors), each component can be manufactured independently using optimized processes. This reduces production complexity and assembly time, lowering overall costs while maintaining structural stability through pre-engineered connection systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design allows for parameter standardization (dimensions, mounting hole patterns, electrical connections) across different module types. This standardization enables economies of scale in manufacturing and simplifies assembly procedures, reducing both production and installation costs while preserving structural integrity.
3Ease of operation
If light sources are positioned directly above mirrors, then installation simplicity is improved, but lighting quality deteriorates due to unfavorable shadows and unnatural color reproduction
Solution Approach 1:
The light sources are positioned asymmetrically relative to the mirror - not directly above it, but offset to the side. This asymmetric positioning eliminates direct shadows on the user's face and body while still providing comprehensive illumination. The ceiling module's design allows this optimized spatial relationship without complicating the installation process.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of positioning light sources only in the vertical dimension directly above the mirror, the design utilizes horizontal offset positioning in three-dimensional space. This spatial reconfiguration in another dimension (horizontal rather than purely vertical alignment) achieves superior lighting quality by eliminating shadows while maintaining installation simplicity through the modular ceiling module design.
4Ease of operation
If users make clothing decisions alone in changing rooms, then decision independence is improved, but the inclusion of extended groups in the selection process deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Communication devices (telephones, video call systems, or networked communication interfaces) are integrated into the changing room modules, serving as intermediaries between the user and remote contacts. This allows users to maintain decision independence within the private changing room environment while simultaneously enabling consultation with family members, friends, or stylists located elsewhere, thus including extended groups in the selection process.
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
Simplifies production and assembly, provides optimal lighting for natural color rendering and shadow-free reflections, enabling a more inclusive and convenient clothing selection process by allowing remote input from others.
Implementation Method 1
adjustable LED lighting for optimal illumination
Implementation Method 2
at least one mirror and a cubicle wall
Data Source
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AI summary
A changing cubicle with at least one mirror (1) and a cubicle wall (3) and a ceiling wall (4). At least one light source (2) is also implemented, the light source (2) being set up to generate different lighting patterns depending on user inputs on an operating unit (5). According to the invention, the cabin wall (3) with the attached mirror (1) and the operating unit (5) in connection with the ceiling wall (4) carrying the light source (2) defines a ready-to-install functional module (1, 3, 5; 2, 4).