Segmented LED Light Box for Dynamic Visual Effects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lighting devices, particularly LED-based systems, lack the ability to dynamically and efficiently control light patterns and sequences for enhanced visual effects, such as in advertisement plates, which often result in less elegant and more costly solutions compared to traditional methods.
Innovation Solution
A light box apparatus featuring multiple light tubes with elongated LED bars and controllers that divide images into two-dimensional blocks, allowing for separate control of LED sections based on stored scripts, enabling dynamic lighting effects, synchronization, and adaptability through timers, sensors, and mobile app integration for customizable lighting sequences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional LED array light sources are used for dynamic lighting control, then lighting functionality is provided, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The image is divided into multiple two-dimensional blocks, and LED sections are correspondingly segmented to control specific blocks independently. This segmentation enables dynamic lighting control by activating only the necessary LED sections for each displayed block, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates a controller that dynamically adjusts LED section activation based on stored scripts and timing sequences. This dynamic control mechanism allows the lighting system to adapt to different display requirements without increasing hardware complexity, as the same physical LED sections can be reconfigured through software control.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple light tubes with separate control are implemented, then visual effects are enhanced, but installation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple light tubes are merged into a single integrated light box apparatus with a unified controller that manages all LED sections across all tubes. This merging approach maintains the enhanced visual effects capability of multiple independently controllable light sources while simplifying installation, as the integrated system requires only one controller and standardized mounting structure rather than multiple separate control systems.
3Productivity
If LED sections are controlled separately according to timing sequences, then lighting efficiency is improved, but control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Timing sequences and control patterns are pre-programmed into the controller before operation. This preliminary action allows the system to execute complex lighting sequences efficiently during runtime without requiring real-time complex calculations or manual intervention, thereby improving lighting control efficiency while keeping the control system relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller uses periodic timing sequences to cycle through different LED section activation patterns. This periodic action simplifies the control logic by using repeating patterns rather than complex one-time sequences, improving efficiency through predictable, rhythmic control while maintaining manageable system complexity.
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
The solution provides a more elegant, cost-effective, and flexible lighting system capable of creating impressive visual effects by dynamically controlling LED sections, enhancing the visual appeal and ease of installation compared to conventional LED array light sources.
Implementation Method 1
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor light source that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons. This effect is called electroluminescence.
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AI summary
A light box includes a light passing cover printed with an image. The image is being logically divided into two-dimension blocks. The light box includes multiple light tubes. Each light tube includes a tubular housing, an elongated LED bar, and a controller. The elongated LED bar is being enclosed by the tubular housing. The elongated LED bar has multiple LED modules divided into multiple LED sections. The multiple light tubes is being disposed behind the image of the light passing cover. The multiple LED sections of multiple light tubes is being corresponding to the two-dimension blocks of the image respectively. The controller controls the multiple LED sections separately according to a stored script. The stored script indicate a timing sequence for controlling the multiple LED sections for illuminating the two-dimension blocks of the image according to the stored script.