Spherical Modular Video Screen With Standardized Panel Types
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for spherical modular video screens face complexity in assembly and installation due to the need for precise alignment of numerous components, limiting the ability to vary the screen size efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A spherical modular video screen composed of subPENTA and subHEXA video modules, which are combined to form bigPENTA and bigHEXA modules, allowing for varying screen size by adjusting the number of modules while maintaining a fixed set of unique types, reducing the complexity of assembly and installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If a spherical modular video screen is constructed using a large number of trapezoidal LED panels, then the spherical surface can be approximated, but the assembly and installation complexity increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The spherical video screen is segmented into multiple modular units, each comprising a limited set of standardized geometric panels (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons). These modules can be independently assembled and then combined to form the complete spherical structure, significantly reducing assembly complexity while maintaining surface approximation quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses a universal set of standardized panel types (triangular, quadrilateral, pentagonal, hexagonal panels) that can serve multiple functions across different module configurations. These universal panels can be arranged in various geometric patterns to create different spherical modules, reducing the total number of unique component types needed while achieving the desired spherical approximation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the screen size is varied by using different numbers of components, then flexibility is improved, but the number of unique component types increases
Solution Approach 1:
A universal set of panel types (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons) is designed to serve multiple module configurations. The same panel types can be arranged in different geometric patterns and combinations to create modules of varying sizes, enabling screen size variability without increasing the number of unique component types.
Solution Approach 2:
The spherical video screen employs a hierarchical modular structure where smaller geometric panels are nested within larger module assemblies, which in turn are nested within the complete spherical structure. This nested organization allows different numbers of modules to be combined to create screens of various sizes while maintaining a fixed set of unique panel types at the base level.
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AI summary
The disclosed technical solution relates to the development of surfaces that are display screens on which an image or a video sequence are presented on a curved surface, in particular, on a surface resembling a spherical one. The foundation of the claimed invention lies in the objective of creating a spherical modular video screen, which is formed by a limited number of types of unique elements, where the number of types of unique elements is clearly defined, and the size of the spherical modular video screen can be altered by adding or removing said elements. This provides a design of a device for displaying a visual sequence that allows for adjustment of the spherical modular video screen's radius according to a predetermined step. The technical result attained by implementing the spherical modular video screen is the reduction in the number of unique element types constituting the spherical modular video screen. The specified novel attribute is achieved through the implementation of an innovative construction principle.