Polarized Visual Effects System with Beam Splitter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing visual effects systems in venues like amusement parks offer limited ways for guests to experience attractions, with guests often restricted to a singular experience and lacking creative visual effects to enhance immersion.
Innovation Solution
A visual effects system utilizing a first polarized display and a second non-polarized display, combined with a beam splitter and polarized eyewear, allows guests to view combined imagery from both displays, enabling unique and immersive visual effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single display is used for visual effects, then the system is simple, but guests are limited to a singular experience with limited visual effects
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a first display and a second display into a single visual effects system, using a beam splitter to merge their outputs. This allows guests to experience multiple visual effects simultaneously or alternately, resolving the contradiction by merging multiple display systems to provide versatility while managing complexity through integrated optical components
Solution Approach 2:
The visual effects system is designed to provide multiple functions through a single integrated system. The first display provides a first visual effect, the second display provides a second visual effect, and both can be viewed through the same optical path using the beam splitter. This multi-functional design allows the system to adapt to different viewing preferences and experience types without requiring separate systems
2Adaptability or versatility
If polarization filters are added to enable multiple visual effects, then visual experience is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies polarization filters selectively to specific displays rather than the entire system. The first display includes a polarization filter to enable polarized visual effects, while the second display may have different or no polarization characteristics. This localized application of polarization technology provides visual effect versatility without requiring all components to be complex polarized systems
Solution Approach 2:
The beam splitter acts as an intermediary optical component that combines the outputs of the first and second displays. It enables the merged visual output to be viewed through a single optical path, mediating between the multiple display sources and the guest's view. This intermediary component manages the complexity of multiple polarized displays by providing a unified viewing interface
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 system provides guests with enhanced and creative visual experiences by allowing them to switch between 2D and 3D views, offering a more immersive and customizable experience.
Implementation Method 1
The first display is configured to display a first image based on the image data, and the second display is configured to display a second image based on the image data. Further, the method includes reflecting, via a beam splitter, the second image toward the first display, using a first polarization filter associated with the first display to enable visualization of the first image by a guest, and placing a second polarization filter between the guest and the first display to enable visualization of the second image by the guest.
Implementation Method 2
The visual effects system includes a beam splitter positioned to enable a guest to view the first display through the beam splitter and a reflection of the second display via the beam splitter.
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AI summary
A visual effects system includes a first display, wherein the first display includes a polarized filter on or in the first display, and a second display, wherein the second display is not polarized. The visual effects system also includes a beam splitter positioned to enable a guest to view the first display through the beam splitter and a reflection of the second display via the beam splitter.