RGB Sensor Position Tracking with Gradient Color Maps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing three-dimensional puzzles lack effective interactive feedback systems to guide both beginners and advanced players in solving the puzzles efficiently, with existing optical sensors like RGB sensors having limitations for contactless position monitoring and pattern tracking.
Innovation Solution
Implementing image sensors to read unique signatures on shell segments for determining shell segment patterns and using RGB sensors as contactless absolute position encoders for applications beyond three-dimensional puzzles, including the use of gradient color maps for position encoding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional RGB sensors are used for position monitoring, then the system can detect color information, but the measurement precision and reliability for contactless position tracking are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses gradient color maps with unique color signatures on each shell segment. The RGB sensor detects these color gradients to determine precise position and orientation of puzzle pieces without contact. The color encoding scheme provides reliable position tracking by mapping specific color patterns to specific spatial configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms the physical position parameters into optical color parameters through the gradient color maps. By measuring color values (R, G, B components) and converting them to positional information, the system achieves precise contactless position monitoring with improved reliability compared to traditional methods.
2Measurement precision
If image sensors are implemented to read unique signatures on shell segments, then accurate shell segment pattern tracking is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The RGB sensor serves multiple functions: it detects color information for position tracking, reads unique signatures on shell segments, and provides feedback for puzzle state determination. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized sensors, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while maintaining high measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses optical color patterns as information carriers instead of complex mechanical encoders. The unique color signatures are essentially optical copies of position information, allowing the sensor to read spatial configuration through color detection rather than requiring complex physical encoding mechanisms.
3Productivity
If interactive feedback systems are added to guide players, then solving efficiency is enhanced, but the device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors the puzzle state through color detection and provides real-time feedback to guide players toward the solution. The feedback mechanism compares current color patterns with target patterns, enabling interactive guidance that enhances solving efficiency without requiring complex artificial intelligence or sophisticated control algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The puzzle system monitors its own state through the embedded RGB sensor and color-coded shell segments. The feedback system uses the puzzle's own visual features (color patterns) to generate guidance information, allowing the system to self-diagnose its state and provide appropriate solving guidance without external intervention or complex processing.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Provides accurate and interactive feedback for players by tracking shell segment motion and positions, enhancing solving efficiency and enabling applications beyond puzzle solving, such as contactless position monitoring in various environments.
Implementation Method 1
The at least one image sensor is within the shell and views the unique signatures to provide data to processing circuitry
Implementation Method 2
The RGB sensor is affixed to a first platform and has a field of view. The gradient color map is within the field of view of the RGB sensor and is affixed to a second platform. The RGB sensor provides output indicative of the absolute position of the first platform relative to the second platform.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are embodiments of three-dimensional puzzles that implement image sensors to read signatures of individual shell segments to thereby determine shell segment patterns. Also disclosed are embodiments of systems that implement RGB sensors adjacent gradient color maps to provide contactless absolute position encoders.