Modular LED Screen Tiles for Seamless Corner Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing modular constructions face challenges in integrating LED screens over corners, leading to visual interruptions and limited modularity due to the thickness of PCBs and the need for multiple component types.
Innovation Solution
A set of corner and tile elements with integrated LED screens that allow seamless extension over corners, using parallel alignment and interchangeable components to maintain visual continuity and modularity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If LED tiles are chamfered to extend over corners, then the LED screen can continue over the corner, but the PCB thickness prevents close LED placement causing visual interruption
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the corner LED screen into multiple segments: standard LED tiles for straight sections and specially designed corner LED tiles with adjusted PCB layouts for corner sections. This segmentation allows each tile type to be optimized independently, resolving the conflict between corner continuity and LED placement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention applies different PCB designs to different locations: standard PCB layouts for straight-edge tiles and modified PCB layouts with adjusted LED positioning for corner tiles. This local differentiation enables optimal LED placement at corners while maintaining standard construction elsewhere.
2Shape
If multiple component types are used to extend LED screen over corners, then corner coverage is achieved, but modularity is reduced and design freedom is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The invention creates corner LED tiles that can function both as corner elements and as part of straight sections, depending on their orientation and arrangement. This multi-functionality maintains modularity while achieving corner coverage, as the same basic tile design can be used in various configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the functions of corner elements and standard LED tiles by designing corner tiles that maintain the same basic structure and interface as standard tiles, allowing them to be integrated into the modular system without creating entirely new component types.
3Shape
If LED modules extend to peripheral edges of visible surface, then continuous impression is created, but corner placement becomes complex due to PCB thickness
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the LED screen into modular tiles with standardized edges, allowing corner tiles to maintain the same peripheral edge LED extension as standard tiles while using internal segmentation of the PCB to manage corner-specific positioning challenges.
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
Enhances visual uniformity and modularity by allowing LED screens to extend continuously over corners without interruptions, reducing the number of necessary components and increasing design freedom.
Implementation Method 1
Each LED screen comprises a plurality of LEDs which are arranged in a predetermined pattern relative to each other
Data Source
AI summary
Set of at least one corner element and at least one tile element, connectable to each other so as to construct a modular construction, wherein at least one tile element is provided with an LED screen which extends over substantially a whole tile surface, wherein the tile surface forms a visible side of the tile element in the modular construction, and wherein at least one corner element is provided with an LED screen which extends over a corner surface which, in connected state, is adjacent to said tile surface.