Robotic Camera Mount Synchronization for 3D Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing entertainment technologies, such as electronic displays and projectors, often lack the ability to dynamically change positions and orientations, limiting their effectiveness in capturing audience attention and enhancing the viewing experience, especially in environments like stadiums and theatrical productions.
Innovation Solution
The development of robotic mounts that allow electronic displays, projectors, and other entertainment elements to be moved in three-dimensional space with high degrees of freedom, enabling automated and synchronized movements to optimize viewing angles and create dynamic visual experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If electronic displays are mounted to walls or placed in fixed positions, then they occupy less space and are easier to install, but they cannot dynamically change positions to capture audience attention or optimize viewing angles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by transforming fixed electronic displays into movable ones through robotic mounting systems. The displays can dynamically change their positions and orientations in three-dimensional space, allowing them to adapt to different viewing conditions and capture audience attention, while the robotic system manages the complexity of movement control
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dimensionality change by enabling electronic displays to move not only horizontally and vertically but also in depth (forward and backward), providing three-dimensional positioning capability. This allows displays to optimize viewing angles and create immersive experiences by approaching or receding from the audience
2Adaptability or versatility
If props are moved manually using ropes and pulleys in theatrical productions, then the system is simpler and easier to control, but it limits the situations where props can be used and reduces their effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical rope-and-pulley systems with robotic mounting systems that use electric motors and computer control. This substitution enables props to be moved more precisely, quickly, and in more varied trajectories, expanding their versatility while the automated control system manages the increased complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by enabling prop movement in three-dimensional space with multiple degrees of freedom, including horizontal, vertical, and rotational movements. This allows props to be positioned in situations previously impossible with manual systems, such as hovering above the stage or rotating to face different directions
3Illumination intensity
If entertainment elements are moved in multiple degrees of freedom using robotic mounts, then viewing angles are optimized and visual impact is enhanced, but the system becomes more complex and requires more control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing a robotic mounting system that can handle multiple types of entertainment elements (electronic displays, projectors, cameras, lighting) with a single multi-functional platform. The system provides six degrees of freedom for positioning any attached element, optimizing visual impact while consolidating control mechanisms into a unified system
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AI summary
A robotic mount is configured to move an entertainment element such as a video display, a video projector, a video projector screen or a camera. The robotic mount is moveable in multiple degrees of freedom, whereby the associated entertainment element is moveable in three-dimensional space. In one embodiment, a system of entertainment elements are made to move and operate in synchronicity with each other, such as to move a single camera via multiple robotic mounts to one or more positions or along one or more paths.