Transportable Nodes for Synchronized Venue Illumination Patterns
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for systems and methods to provide controlled illumination or patterns at venues and to offer a single device for access or entry into events, allowing participants to engage with the performance while ensuring venue operators have control over the illumination and entry processes.
Innovation Solution
A patterning system utilizing transportable nodes with sensory elements, such as LEDs, that can be registered and validated for use at specific venues, allowing them to form part of coordinated light patterns synchronized with events, and function as electronic tickets for entry, using a database and transmitter to manage unique identifiers and element command signals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a central controller controls sensory elements of registered terminals to create illumination patterns, then the illumination can be tied to the performance and controlled by the venue operator, but the system complexity increases and requires registration and validation infrastructure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a central controller as an intermediary between the performance system and the sensory elements in attendees' terminals. The controller receives performance data, processes it according to venue policies, and generates control signals to activate sensory elements in registered terminals, thereby enabling controlled illumination without direct connection between performance systems and attendee devices
Solution Approach 2:
The registered terminal serves multiple functions: it acts as both the attendee's personal device for receiving performance information and as a controllable sensory element that can be integrated into the venue's illumination patterns. The terminal's existing sensory elements (screen, speakers, vibration motor) are repurposed to function as venue-controlled output devices
2Reliability
If attendees use separate tickets and wallets for access and identification, then entry control is maintained, but the number of items to carry increases and convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the ticket, identification wallet, and communication device into a single registered terminal. The terminal contains the attendee's unique identifier for validation, serves as the communication interface with the venue system, and functions as the controlled sensory element for illumination patterns, eliminating the need to carry separate items
Solution Approach 2:
The registered terminal performs multiple functions simultaneously: it serves as the entry ticket through validation of its unique identifier, as the identification device through the attendee's profile data, as the communication device for receiving performance information, and as a controllable sensory element for participation in illumination patterns
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
Enables controlled and synchronized illumination patterns at events, enhancing the audience's engagement while providing a unified entry solution, ensuring only registered and validated nodes participate in the patterns and gain access, thus improving event management and attendee experience.
Implementation Method 1
the element is a light element comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED)
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AI summary
A patterning system includes transportable nodes, each having a unique identifier, and including an element having first and second states and a transceiver for receiving a element command signal. A transmitter sends a query command to the transportable nodes to validate the identifier against the database and activate validated transportable nodes to receive the signal. A controller sends the signal to activated transportable nodes to bring the plurality of nodes into one of their states to form a pattern. The controller can send pattern data to the transportable nodes, where each acts as a discrete part of an image array comprised of the transportable nodes, with each brought into one of its states in response to respective pattern data to create a pattern. Methods include receiving identifying information from the transportable nodes, verifying if they are registered for a venue, and transmitting an element command signal to registered transportable nodes to create a pattern at the venue.