Multilayer Flashing Water Ball with Sequential LED Motion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water lamp designs primarily focus on static visual appeal and lack dynamic visual effects, failing to provide a unique and engaging experience that enhances decoration and entertainment.
Innovation Solution
A multilayer flashing water ball apparatus featuring a light transmissive three-dimensional water ball with a moving liquid, a circuit board, light emitting elements, and a light transmissive plate module with sequential patterns that create a continuous motion sequence when lit, mimicking movements like a swimming dolphin.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If static visual appeal is used in water lamp designs, then the ornament is simple and easy to manufacture, but it lacks dynamic visual effects and engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by transforming the static water lamp into a dynamic system through sequential lighting control. Multiple light emitting elements are arranged to illuminate different portions of the water ball in sequence, creating moving light patterns that simulate dolphin swimming motions. This dynamic lighting sequence converts a static ornament into one with animated visual effects, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and visual effect variety.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic action through the sequential and repetitive lighting pattern of multiple light emitting elements. The lights activate in a predetermined sequence, creating periodic illumination cycles that produce the visual effect of moving patterns. This periodic lighting approach enables diverse visual effects without requiring complex mechanical structures, thus maintaining ease of manufacture while achieving adaptability in visual presentation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple light emitting elements are arranged to create sequential patterns, then dynamic visual effects are achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the lighting system into multiple discrete light emitting elements arranged at different positions within the base. Each light emitting element can be controlled independently to illuminate specific portions of the water ball in sequence. This segmentation allows the creation of complex dynamic visual patterns while keeping each individual component simple and manageable, thus achieving adaptability without excessive overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses the transparent water ball and water medium as an intermediary to simplify the visual presentation. The light emitting elements illuminate the water and suspended particles, and the transparent ball acts as a medium that distributes and softens the light patterns. This intermediary approach allows multiple light elements to work together to create complex visual effects while the water ball itself simplifies the overall structure by providing a unified transparent container.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus generates a dynamic and engaging visual effect, increasing product competitiveness by providing a unique and entertaining decorative experience with a series of motion sequences.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of light emitting elements and a power source module for providing an electricity; the circuit board electrically connected to the power source module; each one of the plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected to the circuit board and arranged spaced apart from each other in sequence to emit light toward the installation slot
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AI summary
A multilayer flashing water ball apparatus includes a water ball main body, a base and a light transmissive plate module. The water ball main body is light transmissive and includes a platform with an installation slot. The base is secured onto the bottom portion of the water ball main body and includes light emitting elements for emitting light toward the installation slot. The light transmissive plate module includes multiple light transmissive plates inserted into the installation slot. The surfaces of the light transmissive plates include continuous corresponding patterns formed thereon, and such patterns are visually related to each other to form a serious of motion sequence. The bottom portions of the light transmissive plates correspond to the light emitting elements. With the light source of the light emitting elements flashes sequentially, the continuous corresponding patterns inside the water ball main body generate a dynamic visual effect.