Water Ball Animation via Lens Reflection and Rotating Stickers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional ornamental water balls lack a mechanism to create a continuous animation visual effect, relying mainly on static theme models and mechanical energy for dynamic effects, which limits their visual appeal and attractiveness.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a reflection device with plural lenses on an ornament support platform within the water ball, paired with continuous animation adhesive stickers applied to the inner or outer layer, allowing the stickers to be reflected as the platform rotates, creating a continuous animation visual effect.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If conventional ornamental water balls use static theme models and mechanical energy for dynamic effects, then the structure remains simple and easy to manufacture, but the visual appeal and attractiveness are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a reflection device as an intermediary component between the rotating platform and the adhesive stickers. This reflection device, comprising plural lenses, mediates the interaction by reflecting images of the stickers to create animation effects without requiring direct complex mechanical connections between all moving parts
Solution Approach 2:
The reflection device creates optical copies of the adhesive stickers through the lenses. Instead of moving multiple physical landscape models, the system uses optical copying to generate multiple reflected images that simulate animation, thereby reducing mechanical complexity while enhancing visual appeal
2Adaptability or versatility
If ornamental water balls incorporate multiple landscape models for dynamic effect, then the visual landscape becomes more attractive, but the device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a reflection device with lenses to create optical copies of adhesive stickers. This allows multiple landscape representations to be generated from a single set of stickers through optical reflection, providing landscape variety without the need to manufacture and assemble multiple physical models
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical systems that would require multiple physical landscape models with an optical system using lenses and reflection. The animation effect is achieved through optical reflection rather than mechanical movement of multiple models, significantly simplifying manufacturing
3Illumination intensity
If the ornament support platform rotates with the water ball to create dynamic effect, then the animation visual effect is enhanced, but the device complexity increases due to additional rotating components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the rotation function into the existing ornament support platform that already rotates with the water ball. By integrating the reflection device onto this existing rotating platform, the system creates animation effects without adding separate rotating mechanisms, thereby reducing overall device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The reflection device serves as an intermediary that transforms the simple rotation of the support platform into complex animation visual effects. Instead of requiring complex mechanisms to create animation, the reflection device mediates between the simple rotational motion and the desired visual output
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
The solution enhances the visual appeal of ornamental water balls by generating a dynamic, rotating animation effect that increases their attractiveness and consumer appeal, providing a novel method to enhance the dynamic landscape experience.
Implementation Method 1
a reflection device comprising plural lenses is provided on an ornament support platform in the water ball, and continuous animation adhesive stickers, in an amount equal to that of the lenses, are applied to the water ball inner layer or outer layer at locations corresponding to where the reflection device is provided. As such, when the ornament support platform rotates simultaneously with the water ball, all of the adhesive stickers will be reflected by a corresponding lens so as to feature the water ball with continuous animation visual effect.
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AI summary
An ornamental water ball rendering continuous animation visual effect, including a reflection device having plural lenses, the reflection device is provided to an ornament support platform in the water ball; continuous animation adhesive stickers, in an amount equal to that of the lenses, applied to the water ball inner layer or outer layer at locations corresponding to where the reflection device is provided, whereby when the ornament support platform rotates simultaneously with the water ball, all of the adhesive stickers will be reflected by a corresponding lens so as to feature the water ball with continuous animation visual effect.