Modular Light Guide Plate Units for Impactful Illumination
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional illumination devices lack impact and maintainability in bright and brilliant spaces, such as game halls and parks, and fail to provide effective design flexibility and efficient maintenance, especially when defects occur.
Innovation Solution
An illumination device comprising multiple flat light guide plate units with a light source, cover, and case, attached to a base with detachable sections and circuit boards, allowing for independent presentation and easy assembly/disassembly, featuring visible sheets for enhanced impact and maintainability, and including bent-shaped units for corner attachment and cost reduction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If conventional illumination devices are used in bright and brilliant spaces, then the basic illumination function is provided, but the device lacks appeal and cannot give sufficient impact to players
Solution Approach 1:
The illumination device is divided into multiple independent light guide plate units that can be arranged in various configurations. Each unit contains a light guide plate, light source unit, cover, and case, allowing modular assembly to create different designs while maintaining high illumination impact through the light guide plate technology
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates controllable light source units that can be turned on and off independently, enabling dynamic illumination patterns and presentations. The light guide plate units can be selectively activated to create varying visual effects and adapt to different operational scenarios
2Reliability
If conventional illumination devices are installed in game halls, then illumination is provided, but the device lacks maintainability when defects occur
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into independent light guide plate units, each with its own light source unit. When a defect occurs, only the affected unit needs to be replaced rather than the entire device, significantly improving maintainability and reducing downtime
Solution Approach 2:
The light source unit is extracted as a separate replaceable component within each light guide plate unit. This allows the light source to be independently replaced without replacing the entire light guide plate unit, facilitating easier maintenance and reducing costs
3Illumination intensity
If multiple light guide plate units are used to improve presentation, then illumination impact is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into standardized light guide plate units with uniform interfaces for attachment to the base. This modular design simplifies assembly despite having multiple units, as each unit can be independently installed and positioned to achieve the desired presentation effect
Solution Approach 2:
The light guide plate units are designed with universal attachment mechanisms that can be configured in various arrangements (e.g., surrounding game devices in a ring shape, creating partition walls, or forming decorative structures). This universality allows the same basic unit to serve multiple functions and configurations
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
The solution provides a more impactful and maintainable illumination system with improved presentation capabilities, allowing for easy replacement of defective units and cost-effective sharing of light sources, while maintaining a uniform and gap-free illumination appearance.
Implementation Method 1
light emitted from a light source is caused to enter from an end surface of a light guide plate
Implementation Method 2
is propagated inside the light guide plate, is reflected by prisms provided on a back surface of the light guide plate
Data Source
AI summary
An illumination device according to one or more embodiments may include flat light guide plate units each including: a light guide plate, a light source unit, a cover covering a light emission surface of the light guide plate, and a case positioned on a back surface side of the light guide plate; and a base to which the light guide plate units are attached. The attachment surface may be divided into sections for attaching the light guide plate units such that the light guide plate units are laid over the attachment surface. Each of the sections may be provided with a circuit board for driving the light source unit, and a fixing portion for detachably fixing the light guide plate unit to the base. Each of the light guide plate units includes a visible sheet positioned between the light guide plate and the case.