Modular Display Alignment for Uniform Large-Building Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large visual display systems face challenges in installation and maintenance due to structural constraints, such as uneven building surfaces and height hazards, which can lead to difficulties in achieving a uniform visual effect and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A modular display system comprising display modules with alignment features that can be securely attached to a support frame, allowing for easy installation and servicing from either side of the viewing plane, and adaptable to various curvature shapes, ensuring uniform spacing and alignment of light emitting elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If a large scale visual display system is installed on the outside structure of an existing building, then the visual impact and advertising effectiveness are improved, but the system may stray into air rights of adjacent real estate parcels due to added thickness
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is nested within a recess or cavity in the building structure, with the display panel positioned inside the building envelope rather than protruding outward. This allows the full display area to be achieved without increasing the external dimensions beyond the building's existing air rights boundaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system transitions from a traditional outward-protruding configuration to an inward-recessed configuration, utilizing the third dimension (depth into the building) to accommodate the display thickness while maintaining the external building envelope dimensions.
2Strength
If a large display system is mounted on the outside of a building with strong compression but weak tension materials, then the structural integrity in compression is improved, but the tension component of structural load increases with display thickness and weight
Solution Approach 1:
Counterweight blocks are positioned above the display system to provide downward force that counteracts the upward tension loads generated by the cantilevered display structure. This balances the structural loads, reducing the net tension stress on the building's compression-optimized materials.
Solution Approach 2:
The counterweight blocks are pre-installed and positioned before the display system is fully assembled, establishing the counterbalancing force in advance to prevent excessive tension development during subsequent installation and operation phases.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a display system is installed on a building surface that is not smooth or even, then the installation flexibility is improved, but the viewing plane shows discontinuities and unevenness
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into multiple adjustable mounting points and support elements distributed across the building surface. Each segment can be independently adjusted to compensate for local irregularities, allowing the overall viewing plane to achieve uniformity despite an uneven underlying surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system incorporates adjustable and movable components that can be fine-tuned during installation to adapt to the specific contours of the building surface. This dynamic adjustability enables the viewing plane to be leveled and made uniform despite irregularities in the mounting substrate.
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AI summary
Disclosed are embodiments of display modules, assemblies of display modules, and systems of display modules. Display modules have a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a predetermined pattern and providing a highly uniform visual effect. Alignment and complementary alignment features enable the alignment of adjacent display modules and the creation of large displays from a plurality of aligned display modules. Features to grip and retain a support frame are provided. Modules and systems have features that permit installation and removal from the front side of the display. A system of modular support frames works cooperatively with the display modules, adapting to different mounting environments, and thereby providing large modular displays with desirable properties.