Projector-Integrated Fluid Dispenser for Dynamic Visual Information
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fluid dispensers lack the ability to provide dynamic and engaging visual information or advertisements on their surfaces, limiting their effectiveness in promoting product use and user interaction.
Innovation Solution
Integration of a projector into a fluid dispenser that projects images or advertisements onto a wall or floor, allowing for dynamic and customizable content display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional static signage is used on dispensers, then the structure is simple and cost-effective, but the visual information is not dynamic or engaging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a projector with a fluid dispenser to create an integrated system. The projector is mounted on the dispenser body, allowing the dispenser to project images and information onto surrounding surfaces. This merging enables the dispenser to provide dynamic visual information while maintaining a relatively simple integrated structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The dispenser is enhanced with multiple functions: it not only dispenses fluid products but also projects visual information, displays advertisements, and provides instructional content. This multi-functionality transforms a single-purpose device into a versatile information delivery system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If static markings are used to identify product and usage instructions, then manufacturing is simple, but information cannot be updated or customized
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static printed markings to dynamic projected images. The projector can display different images, advertisements, and instructions by receiving digital signals, allowing information to be changed without physical modifications to the dispenser. This dynamic capability enables easy updates while maintaining simple manufacturing of the base dispenser unit.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of physically printing information on the dispenser, the system uses optical copying through projection. Digital images and text are copied onto surrounding surfaces via the projector, allowing information to be reproduced and updated without remanufacturing the dispenser itself.
3Loss of information
If a projector is integrated into the dispenser, then dynamic information display is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The projector is integrated with the dispenser body as a unified system. The attachment members connect the projector to the dispenser housing, creating a compact combined device that delivers both fluid dispensing and visual information functions through a single integrated structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The projector is designed as a separate attachable module with its own housing and attachment members. This segmentation allows the projector to be independently manufactured, tested, and attached to the dispenser, reducing the complexity of manufacturing the complete integrated system while maintaining effective information delivery.
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
Enhances user engagement and product promotion by providing a cost-effective, easily updatable, and visually appealing means of conveying information or instructions, replacing traditional static signage.
Implementation Method 1
a lamp configured to project a light through the lens assembly
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
AI summary
A dispenser having a projector is disclosed. The projector has a body with a cavity sized and shaped to receive a battery, a lens holders sized and shaped to receive at least one lens for focusing an image, a first protrusion sized and shaped to be received by a first wall of the dispenser, and a second protrusion sized and shaped to be received by a second wall of the dispenser. The projector further includes a lens assembly, a lamp, and a circuit board. The lens assembly id disposed in the lens holder, the lamp is configured to project a light through the lens assembly, and the circuit board is in electrical communication with the lamp.