Transparent Display Chamber for 360-Degree Floating Product Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing advertising display equipment that creates the illusion of floating products is limited by being open on only one side, restricting its efficiency and effectiveness in attracting attention, as it does not allow full 360-degree viewing and often requires background lighting.
Innovation Solution
Designing a chamber that can be open on both sides or entirely transparent, with objects fixed symmetrically on a transparent plate, allowing 360-degree viewing and eliminating the need for background lighting by using peripheral lighting or translucent side walls, which creates the illusion of floating products without visible support.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the chamber is open on only one side to create the illusion of floating, then the advertising display achieves a clean visual effect, but the viewing angle is restricted and advertising efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The chamber is divided into multiple opening sides (front, rear, and/or lateral openings) instead of a single opening, allowing the display to be viewed from multiple angles simultaneously. This segmentation of the chamber structure enables customers to approach from different directions and view the floating product illusion from various perspectives, thereby resolving the contradiction between maintaining visual quality and expanding viewing accessibility.
2Illumination intensity
If background lighting is used to illuminate the chamber, then the product visibility is improved, but the illusion of floating is compromised and energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Lighting is applied locally at peripheral positions (corners or edges of the chamber) rather than as uniform background lighting. This localized peripheral illumination provides sufficient product visibility while avoiding direct backlighting that would reveal the support structure and break the floating illusion. The peripheral lighting position creates soft illumination that maintains both visibility and visual effect quality.
3Ease of manufacture
If a transparent plate is used to support the product, then the floating illusion is achieved, but the support structure becomes visible and the illusion is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
A transparent plate is introduced as an intermediary support element between the product and the chamber bottom. This transparent plate is positioned and illuminated in such a way that it provides structural support while remaining visually imperceptible, thus mediating between the need for physical support and the desire for an invisible support structure to maintain the floating illusion.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent plate's optical properties are utilized to make it visually blend with the surrounding environment. By being transparent and strategically positioned with peripheral lighting, the plate's presence is minimized visually, allowing it to provide support without compromising the floating illusion quality.
4Illumination intensity
If multiple light sources are distributed throughout the chamber, then uniform illumination is achieved, but the floating illusion is broken and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The illumination system is segmented into multiple peripheral light sources positioned at the corners or edges of the chamber rather than a single centralized light source. This segmented peripheral arrangement provides uniform product illumination through light diffusion while maintaining the floating illusion, as the light sources are positioned at the periphery where they do not directly interfere with the visual perception of the floating effect.
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
This design significantly enhances advertising efficiency by allowing complete viewing of the product from multiple angles, increasing customer interest and eliminating the need for background lighting, thereby creating a more engaging and attention-grabbing display.
Implementation Method 1
there is a light source behind the transparent plate... the transparent supporting plate is lit from the background to avoid any reflection in the chamber as much as possible
Implementation Method 2
A transparent wall is built in the chamber parallel to the rear wall opposite the opening allowing an inside view of the chamber, at a distance in front of it, along a strip running around, with which the edges of the transparent plate are in contact... there is a light source behind the transparent plate
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AI summary
Equipment for displaying information carriers, especially for advertising purposes, has a chamber accommodating an information carrying device and constructed to make it possible to look into the internal space of the chamber. The chamber is provided with at least one transparent plate transverse to the direction of viewing. The information carrying device is on this plate. At least a part of the chamber wall has strips parallel to a strip in contact with the transparent plate. The information carrying device is formed by at least two objects situated on opposite sides of the transparent plate.