Computer-Controlled Pyrotechnic Display with Variable Aperture Flues
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pyrotechnic apparatuses lack the capability for computer-regulated and controlled ignition and combustion to create synchronized, programmable fire displays with variable flame size and color, limiting their integration with digital signals and performances.
Innovation Solution
A computer-controlled pyrotechnic display apparatus featuring a graticulate array of flue members with variable thermal potential, achieved through mechanical manipulation of apertures and electrical sparking, allowing for synchronized ignition and modulation of flames in response to digital signals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If traditional pyrotechnic apparatuses are used, then simple fire effects can be achieved, but computer regulation and controlled ignition capability is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The pyrotechnic display is divided into multiple independently controllable flue members arranged in a graticulate array, with each flue member capable of selective ignition and fuel introduction. This segmentation enables computer regulation of individual elements while maintaining overall system manageability.
Solution Approach 2:
A computer control system serves as an intermediary between the operator and the pyrotechnic apparatus, regulating ignition timing, fuel flow rates, and aperture positions. This intermediary enables precise computer-regulated control without requiring direct manual manipulation of complex mechanical systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If variable aperture mechanical manipulation is used, then thermal potential can be varied, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The aperture positions are made variable and dynamically adjustable through mechanical manipulation, allowing the thermal potential of each flue member to be changed in real-time. This dynamic capability enables the system to adapt to different display requirements while maintaining a relatively simple mechanical implementation.
Solution Approach 2:
The thermal potential is varied by changing physical parameters including aperture position, fuel flow rate, and ignition timing. These parameter changes are achieved through computer-controlled mechanical adjustments, enabling versatile thermal potential modulation without complex mechanical systems.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple flue members in graticulate array are used, then display resolution improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display surface is segmented into multiple flue members arranged in a graticulate array, with each member acting as an independent picture element. This segmentation achieves high display resolution while keeping individual elements simple and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
Each flue member in the graticulate array serves multiple functions: it acts as a structural element, a fuel delivery conduit, an ignition chamber, and a display pixel. This multi-functionality reduces overall device complexity while maintaining high display precision.
4Adaptability or versatility
If synchronized ignition with digital signals is implemented, then performance coordination improves, but control system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system receives digital signals from performance sources and uses feedback control to synchronize ignition timing with the performance. This feedback mechanism enables precise coordination while keeping the control logic relatively simple through direct signal response.
Solution Approach 2:
Manual coordination of pyrotechnic displays with performances is replaced by an electronic control system that processes digital signals and automatically triggers synchronized ignition. This substitution eliminates complex manual coordination requirements while achieving precise performance synchronization.
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
Enables the creation of coordinated, programmable fire displays with variable flame size and color, effectively integrating pyrotechnics with digital performances by controlling the thermal potential of each flue member through digital signals, enhancing the visual representation of animations, logos, and other figures.
Implementation Method 1
a sparking nexus, disposed at the ignition end of each flue member, is selectively productive of a spark when an electrical current is passed therethrough to ignite fuel delivered into said flue member
Implementation Method 2
each flue member having a thermal potential effective by introduction of combustible fuel thereinto
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AI summary
A computer regulated and controlled ignition and combustion pyrotechnic display apparatus and method for effecting the same, that includes a graticulate array of flue members oriented with an ignition end disposed in a common plane, each flue member having a thermal potential effective by introduction of combustible fuel thereinto, said thermal potential variable according to mechanical manipulation of at least one variable aperture dispositional between a minimum and a maximum opening and a pressure of said fuel introducible therethrough, wherein a sparking nexus, disposed at the ignition end of each flue member, is selectively productive of a spark when an electrical current is passed therethrough to ignite fuel delivered into said flue member, whereby each flue member is ignitable as a luminous and fiery picture element appropriate for rendering figures in fire in synchrony to the production of signals generated at a performance or programmed by an operator.