Multimedia Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multimedia installations with large screens and speakers occupy significant space in interior decoration schemes and do not seamlessly integrate into the environment when not in use, as existing solutions fail to minimize their visual impact and spatial requirements.
Innovation Solution
A multimedia installation design featuring a base with a rotatable screen and loudspeaker assemblies that fold out from a compact position to maximize screen visibility and minimize spatial footprint, using electric actuators and lever mechanisms for smooth movement, allowing the screen to be elevated and loudspeakers to rotate, creating a visually appealing and space-efficient configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the multimedia installation uses large screens and loudspeakers to provide high quality audio and video, then the sound and picture quality is improved, but the space occupation and visual impact in the interior decoration scheme increases
Solution Approach 1:
The loudspeaker assemblies are made rotatable about a vertical axis, allowing them to dynamically change position between covering the screen (reducing visual impact) and being positioned to the sides (providing full sound output). This dynamic reconfiguration resolves the contradiction by allowing the system to adapt its spatial footprint based on operational requirements.
2Manufacturing precision
If the multimedia installation uses large screens to provide high resolution display, then the picture quality is improved, but the wall surface area and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The screen is mounted on a movable part that can be elevated relative to the stationary base, allowing the screen to be raised when the multimedia installation is in use and lowered when not in use. This dynamic elevation reduces the visual impact and space occupation during non-operational periods while maintaining full screen functionality during operation.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the multimedia installation remains stationary to maintain structural stability, then the structural integrity is improved, but the ability to minimize visual impact and adapt to different usage states deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The multimedia installation is divided into a stationary base and movable components (elevatable screen, rotatable loudspeaker assemblies). The stationary base maintains structural integrity and stability, while the movable components provide adaptability to minimize visual impact during non-use and enable full functionality during use. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by separating the stability function from the adaptability function.
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AI summary
Multimedia installation comprising a base to which base a video screen is mounted and where two movable loudspeaker assemblies are rotatably mounted to said base where the base has a stationary part and a movable part, such that by activating the multimedia installation the screen is elevated by the movable part, and the movable loudspeaker assemblies comprise means for rotating the movable loud-speaker assemblies from a first position where the loudspeaker assemblies cover at least a part of the screen as seen from a user's position, into a second position where at least a substantial and larger part of the screen is visible and if/when desirable back to the first position.