Vehicle Mounted Projector Display for Removable Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for customizing vehicles are expensive, time-consuming, and often permanent, lacking ease of installation and removal, which restricts users' ability to express themselves through temporary and versatile visual changes.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle-mounted display system comprising an adjustable mounting unit with a projector and image cartridge, allowing users to project images onto the vehicle's exterior, which is easily attachable and detachable, with features like telescopic arms, focusing mechanisms, and a magnetic screen for various vehicle finishes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional customization methods (painting, stickers) are used, then vehicle appearance can be customized, but the process is expensive, time-consuming, and permanent
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a projector to create optical copies (images) of designs on the vehicle surface instead of physical modifications. This allows users to project customizable images onto the vehicle without permanently altering it, enabling quick changes by simply projecting different images rather than repainting or replacing stickers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical customization methods (painting, sticker application) with an optical system (projector). This substitution eliminates the need for physical contact with the vehicle surface, allowing instantaneous customization without the time-consuming processes of painting or sticker installation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional customization methods are used, then vehicle appearance can be changed, but removal and changes require great deal of work
Solution Approach 1:
By using optical projection instead of physical application, the system allows images to be removed and changed instantly by simply stopping the projection, without any removal process. New images can be projected immediately, making both installation and removal trivial operations.
3Ease of operation
If projector is made adjustable and removable, then ease of installation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting unit is designed with universal features that allow it to be easily attached to and removed from different vehicle types. The adjustable arm and positioning mechanisms serve multiple functions: mounting, positioning, and angle adjustment, reducing the need for multiple separate components and simplifying the overall system.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into separable components (mounting unit, adjustable arm, projector) that can be independently adjusted and positioned. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining ease of assembly and disassembly, reducing the complexity of installation.
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 quick and instantaneously removable customization of vehicle appearances, allowing users to easily change and update images, providing a cost-effective and efficient means to express personal or promotional designs without permanent modifications.
Implementation Method 1
The projector, in one embodiment, comprises an LED light source
Implementation Method 2
The apparatus may also comprise a magnetic screen which may be placed on different areas of the vehicle
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a vehicle mounted display device which can be easily attached to a vehicle and is removable. The projector can conveniently be plugged into the trailer light power source to give the device power to project an image onto a vehicle. The projector may be digital allowing the owner to choose an image from inside the vehicle. A magnetic or adhesive screen may be placed on the vehicle to allow the image to function properly and effectively on dark paint or other finishes that prevent a clean image. The apparatus comprises an adjustable mounting unit, an adjustable arm, and a projector which can all be adjusted to provide an efficient angle to project the image onto the vehicle.