Wireless AV Lighting Fixture with Auto Sensor Tracking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing lighting fixtures with sensor functions are unable to track and illuminate moving persons or objects effectively and fail to retrieve and store audio/video signals in memory for wireless AV shooting and recording.

Innovation Solution

A lighting fixture equipped with a passive infrared sensor, a light-emitting device, a camera, a wireless remote-controlled unit, and a memory that allows for real-time tracking and illumination of moving subjects while synchronously retrieving and storing AV signals, with the memory being optionally separately connected for security.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a sensor module is used to detect movement, then the lighting fixture can detect motion and control light emission, but it cannot track moving persons or objects and retrieve AV signals for storage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetracking capabilityVSAvoidsystem functionality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple functions (sensor detection, light emission control, camera imaging, AV signal retrieval, and memory storage) into a single integrated lighting fixture system. The sensor module, camera, and memory are merged within the same housing, allowing the system to detect movement, capture images, retrieve AV signals, and store data all in one device, thereby achieving tracking capability while managing device complexity through functional integration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The lighting fixture is designed with multi-functionality to perform various tasks: the sensor module detects movement, the light-emitting device illuminates targets, the camera captures images, the memory stores AV signals, and the wireless unit enables remote control. This universal design allows a single device to handle multiple functions including tracking and AV signal retrieval, improving adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.

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

2Ease of operation

If the sensor module covers only one-way sensing area, then the structure remains simple, but it cannot trace to emit light on a moving person or object within its sensing area

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetracking accuracyVSAvoidsensing coverage
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The lighting fixture incorporates dynamic tracking capability where the light-emitting device and camera can move or adjust their orientation to follow moving persons or objects within the sensing area. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to maintain accurate tracking of targets regardless of their movement direction, improving tracking accuracy while managing sensing coverage complexity through active adaptation rather than passive omnidirectional coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If the memory is connected to the sensor, then AV signals can be stored, but the memory and lighting fixture may be stolen or damaged

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestorage securityVSAvoidconnection configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The memory unit is extracted or separated from the main lighting fixture body, allowing it to be independently connected to the sensor while physically distinct from the lighting fixture. This separation prevents the memory and lighting fixture from being stolen or damaged together, improving storage security while maintaining a relatively simple connection configuration through independent but coordinated operation of the memory and fixture modules.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

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 enables comprehensive coverage of moving subjects, minimizes dead angles during shooting, and ensures secure storage of AV signals by the memory, preventing theft or damage.

Implementation Method 1

a sensor, i.e., a passive infrared sensor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPassive infrared sensing: Infrared Radiation

Data Source

PatentUS7592913B2Wireless AV lighting fixture with auto sensor
Publication Date: 2009.09.22 HSIEH CHIN MU
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AI summary

A wireless AV lighting fixture with automatic sensor includes a sensor, a light-emitting device, a camera, a connection port, a wireless remote-controlled unit, and a memory. The sensor is a passive infrared sensor. All of the light-emitting device, the camera, and the connection port are connected to the sensor. The wireless remote-controlled unit includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is connected to the sensor and transmits telecommunication signals to the receiver. The memory is connected to the sensor.