Ring Display Attraction With Concierge Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing attractions lack an engaging and interactive way to present information about their locale or environment, often relying on static or "ticker" formats that fail to sustain visitor interest, and there is a need for a dynamic, flexible method to tailor experiences based on audience preferences.

Innovation Solution

A multi-media thematic interactive attraction featuring a ring of LCD displays arranged in a geometrical fashion, controlled by a human concierge using gesture language, providing a narrative experience through a combination of visual and auditory content that can be dynamically adjusted based on audience interaction, incorporating curated images, social media, and real-time updates.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If static or ticker format presentations are used to provide information about the attraction's locale or environment, then the information can be presented in a structured format, but the presentations fail to sustain visitor interest and engagement

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation presentationVSAvoidvisitor attention span
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from static information displays to dynamic, interactive presentations where multiple displays can show different images simultaneously, and the content can be reconfigured in real-time based on audience interaction with the human concierge, thereby sustaining visitor interest through variability and engagement

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The information presentation is divided into multiple discrete displays arranged in arrays, allowing different segments of the audience to view different content simultaneously, with each display showing curated images that can be independently controlled and reconfigured

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Stability of the object's composition

If a fixed narrative format is used for the attraction presentation, then the information can be organized systematically, but the experience cannot be tailored to specific audience preferences or interests

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenarrative structureVSAvoidaudience-specific customization
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The narrative structure remains stable as a framework, but the specific content displayed on each screen can be dynamically adjusted by the human concierge based on audience feedback, interests, and interactions, allowing the same structural format to deliver customized experiences for different groups

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates real-time feedback from audience interactions with the human concierge, who uses gesture-based control to adjust the displayed content, enabling the presentation to adapt to audience preferences while maintaining its organized narrative structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Illumination intensity

If multiple displays are arranged to show discrete images, then visual interest can be increased, but the system complexity and difficulty of coordination increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual presentation qualityVSAvoiddisplay coordination
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A human concierge acts as an intermediary between the audience and the complex display system, using gesture-based control to manage multiple displays simultaneously, thereby simplifying the coordination task while maintaining high visual presentation quality across the display array

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10712993B2Thematic interactive attraction
Publication Date: 2020.07.14 LEGENDS ATTRACTIONS LLC
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AI summary

An attraction includes a geometrically arranged set of displays mounted around a vertically oriented ring shaped support. The displays form a closed loop with an open center, a front side where the displays are visible to an audience, and a rear side where a human concierge facilitating content shown in the displays, such as through an interactive control system, can be positioned and would be visible by the audience through the open center of the vertical loop of displays.