Modular Illuminated Decorative Article with Interchangeable Façades
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional decorative articles have static appearances and shapes, leading to repetitive 'looks' during different events, causing storage and maintenance issues, and their illumination features often suffer from high power consumption, wiring complexities, and limited controllability.
Innovation Solution
The development of an illuminated modular decorative article with dynamic outward appearances and shapes, utilizing LED illumination, featuring a base control panel with control circuitry, electrical/mechanical connectors, and interchangeable façade panels that allow for customizable designs and improved illumination control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional decorative articles are used with static appearances, then manufacturing and usage are simple, but storage and maintenance become problematic due to need for multiple event-specific articles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal decorative article that can serve multiple events and themes through interchangeable components. The base structure remains constant while façade panels, illumination sources, and control settings can be changed to suit different events, eliminating the need for multiple separate decorative articles for different occasions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic capabilities through programmable illumination sources and controllable features that can change appearance, color, and behavior. This allows a single decorative article to adapt its appearance and function dynamically to match different events and themes, replacing the static nature of conventional articles.
2Illumination intensity
If conventional illuminated decorative articles use incandescent or traditional LED sources, then illumination is provided, but power consumption increases and controllability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs programmable LED illumination sources that can vary multiple parameters including intensity, color temperature, color hue, and timing patterns. This allows precise control over illumination characteristics to achieve desired effects while maintaining energy efficiency, as LEDs consume significantly less power than incandescent sources.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional decorative articles have fixed shapes and appearances, then manufacturing is straightforward, but the same look is repeated each time the event is celebrated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the decorative article into modular segments including a base structure and interchangeable façade panels. Each panel can be designed with different shapes, patterns, and features, allowing the overall appearance to be customized for different events while keeping the base structure simple and easy to manufacture.
4Ease of operation
If conventional illuminated articles use LEDs, then power consumption is reduced and controllability is improved, but wiring and placement density become problematic
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the control circuitry and power management into a unified base unit that communicates with illumination sources through simplified interfaces. This consolidation reduces the complexity of wiring and placement, as the control system is centralized rather than distributed throughout the decorative structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables a diverse 'look' for various events while reducing storage needs, lowering power consumption, and enhancing illumination controllability, addressing issues of wiring and LED placement density.
Implementation Method 1
Some conventional illuminated decorative articles have utilized LEDS to provide the illuminative feature of the decorative article
Data Source
AI summary
An illuminated modular decorative article includes a base control panel and a side panel. The base control panel includes a base, a first electrical/mechanical connection interface, and a power source. The side panel includes a base, a second electrical/mechanical connection interface, and illumination sources. The first electrical/mechanical connection interface connects to the second electrical/mechanical connection interface to electrically connect the base control panel to the side panel and to mechanically connect the base control panel substantially orthogonally to the side panel.