Interactive kiosk having modular and relocatable LED arrays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Retailers face challenges in using technology to increase brand and product awareness while providing a distinctive visual format for customers, as existing kiosk displays become ordinary and require replacement when product offerings change, leading to waste and reconfiguration efforts.
Innovation Solution
An interactive kiosk with modular and relocatable LED arrays, featuring an LED module frame, mountings, and programmable LED modules that can be swapped and sized to match filler panels, providing a dynamic and aesthetically appealing display that can be adapted to changing product offerings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fixed kiosk displays are used, then brand awareness can be maintained, but the displays become ordinary and require complete replacement when product offerings change, leading to waste and substantial reconfiguration effort
Solution Approach 1:
The kiosk display is divided into separate modular components: LED modules, filler panels, and a support frame. These segments can be independently swapped out without replacing the entire kiosk structure, allowing adaptation to changing product offerings while minimizing waste.
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame and mounting system are designed to accommodate multiple types of display modules (LED modules and filler panels) through standardized interfaces. This universal mounting structure allows the same frame to support different configurations of modules for various product lines.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fixed kiosk displays are used, then consistent brand display can be achieved, but substantial effort and resources are required to reconfigure the display area when products change
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into independently replaceable modules that can be quickly swapped on the support frame without affecting other components, dramatically reducing reconfiguration time compared to replacing entire kiosks.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system transitions from a static, fixed configuration to a dynamic, reconfigurable system where modules can be easily added, removed, or repositioned on the support frame to adapt to changing product offerings.
3Ease of operation
If LED modules are made interchangeable with filler panels, then display adaptation becomes easier, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Both LED modules and filler panels are designed with standardized mounting interfaces that fit the same locations on the support frame. This universality allows either module type to be installed in any position, simplifying operation despite the modular complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Filler panels serve as simplified copies or placeholders that occupy the same physical space and mounting interfaces as LED modules, allowing easy maintenance and configuration without requiring complex customization for each module type.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows for consistent and visually interesting product display adaptation, reducing waste and reconfiguration efforts, while maintaining a cohesive brand aesthetic by using programmable and interchangeable LED modules that can be easily rearranged to match changing product lines.
Implementation Method 1
An LED display for a kiosk includes an LED module frame, an array of LED modules, and a display surface
Data Source
AI summary
An interactive display for a kiosk for mounting on an existing retail structure in order to display one or more objects comprises an LED module frame, a plurality of LED module mountings, and one or more LED modules comprising an array of LEDs, the modules being removably supported on the LED module mountings, wherein each of the LED modules are coupled to an electrical power source when mounted and individually detectable and programmable.