Reflection Structure for Visual Depth in Indoor Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
In urban areas, people face challenges in accessing natural views like trees, greens, and sky, which can alleviate stress, due to limited habitable space and the need for a non-wearable method to experience visual depth without wearable VR or AR devices.
Innovation Solution
A reflection structure composed of multiple connected reflection units with fixed-angle light reflection surfaces, allowing light to be bent and creating the illusion of a longer distance, thereby enhancing the perceived space without the need for wearable technology.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wearable VR or AR devices are used to experience visual depth, then three-dimensional vision and pseudo open space can be achieved, but the solution requires wearable technology which limits freedom of movement and relaxation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical wearable device system (VR/AR eyeglasses) with an optical reflection system that uses light reflection principles to create visual depth effects. The reflection structure includes multiple reflection units with light reflection surfaces that redirect light to create the illusion of extended space, eliminating the need for wearable electronics and lenses.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a visual copy of extended space by using reflection surfaces to replicate and redirect light paths. The reflection units mirror the surrounding environment and create virtual images that appear to extend the physical space, providing a pseudo-open space experience without physically expanding the room.
2Area of stationary object
If the habitable area per person is reduced in urban districts, then space efficiency is improved, but access to natural views and relaxation spaces is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions the experience of natural views from a two-dimensional window view to a three-dimensional immersive experience. By using multiple reflection units arranged in specific geometries, the system creates depth perception and spatial extension, allowing users to perceive virtual natural environments as if they were physically present in them.
Solution Approach 2:
The reflection units are nested within each other or arranged in compact configurations, with each unit containing or surrounding others. This nested arrangement maximizes the use of limited space while creating multiple layers of reflection that collectively produce the illusion of a large open space with natural views.
3Volume of stationary object
If multiple reflection units are connected to create extended visual depth, then the perceived space is enlarged, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the reflection system into multiple discrete reflection units that can be independently manufactured and then assembled. Each unit is a simple component with light reflection surfaces, but when connected in specific patterns, they collectively create the illusion of extended space. This segmentation simplifies manufacturing while enabling complex visual effects.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple reflection units are combined and connected to form an integrated reflection structure. The units share common spaces and surfaces, with adjacent units working together to create continuous visual depth. By merging the functions of multiple simple units, the system achieves complex spatial effects without requiring each individual component to be overly complicated.
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 expression of visual depth and a sense of spaciousness by making objects appear farther away, allowing for a pseudo-open space experience within indoor environments, using a non-wearable method that can be flexibly arranged and illuminated naturally.
Implementation Method 1
each of the plurality of reflection units has a light reflection surface held in a state of maintaining a fixed angle
Data Source
AI summary
A reflection structure 10 includes a plurality of mutually connected reflection units 20. Each of the plurality of reflection units 20 has a light reflection surface held in a state of maintaining a fixed angle.