Video Wall Support Frame with Integrated Illumination Mounting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Interconnected video panels used in video walls have limited versatility in generating light effects compared to other lighting elements in the entertainment industry, necessitating an enhancement in their capabilities.

Innovation Solution

A support frame is integrated into the video panels, featuring a connecting mechanism that secures illumination devices such as moving head lights or strobe lights, allowing them to emit light through a central opening, enhancing the light effects and enabling easier assembly and disassembly during touring productions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If additional illumination devices are integrated into video panels, then the versatility of light effects is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveversatility of light effectsVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The support frame merges multiple functions into a single integrated structure: it provides structural support for video panels, incorporates attachment mechanisms for illumination devices, and includes rail elements for positioning. This consolidation allows video walls to achieve enhanced light effect versatility without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The support frame is designed as a universal component that can accommodate various types of illumination devices (moving head lights, strobe lights, LED fixtures) through standardized attachment mechanisms. This multi-functionality allows the same support frame structure to serve different lighting purposes, improving versatility while maintaining manageable device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If illumination devices are secured to video panels, then the light effects capability is improved, but the ease of assembly and disassembly deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight effects capabilityVSAvoidease of assembly and disassembly
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The support frame segments the illumination device attachment from the video panel structure itself, creating a modular intermediate component. This segmentation allows illumination devices to be easily attached and detached from the support frame without affecting the video panel assembly, significantly improving ease of assembly and disassembly while maintaining enhanced light effects capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The attachment mechanism incorporates dynamic elements such as movable clamps and adjustable rail positions that enable quick engagement and disengagement of illumination devices. These dynamic features allow operators to easily reconfigure lighting arrangements during assembly and disassembly processes without complex fastening procedures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Strength

If a support frame structure is added to video panels, then the structural strength is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural strengthVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The support frame merges structural support functionality with illumination device mounting capabilities into a single integrated component. By combining these functions, the design provides enhanced structural strength for supporting both video panels and illumination devices without requiring separate support structures, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The support frame utilizes composite construction combining rigid materials for structural strength with integrated attachment mechanisms. This composite approach provides the necessary structural reinforcement while incorporating functional elements that reduce the need for additional separate components, balancing structural strength improvement with controlled device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentEP3091528B1Support frame for video wall
Publication Date: 2020.10.07 MARTIN PROFESSIONAL
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a support frame (100) configured to be incorporated into a plurality of interconnected video panels which each emit light to a front side of the interconnected video panels (400), the support frame (100) comprising at least one connecting element configured to connect the support frame to at least one of the video panels (400), and an attachment mechanism designed to secure at least one illumination device in such a way that the illumination device fixedly secured to the attachment mechanism emits light to the front side of the interconnected video panels (400).