RS1272U - VISUAL DECORATION CHAMBER FOR VIRTUAL SPACE - Google Patents

Abstract

Chamber for visual display of decor in virtual space, especially wood decor, characterized by having spatial projection surfaces (4), computer (5) and projectors (1, 2, 3), with at least one projector (1, 2 , 3) connected to the computer (5) and the computer (5) has a database with different decors, especially wood decors and where the computer (5) is connected to the unit (14) for managing and selecting different decors from the base and where the computer 5) configured to control at least one projector (1, 2, 3). The application contains 2 more dependent patent claims.

Description

Technical field

The invention relates to a chamber for the visual display of decor in a virtual space and can be classified as equipment for displaying decor samples or means for displaying using projection devices (according to MKP: G 09 F 5/00 and G 09 F19/18).

Technical problem

The technical problem solved by the invention can be defined as follows: How to construct a chamber (closed space) system or device for visualizing different decorative surfaces (patterns, e.g. wood samples that look like painted and lacquered veneers of beech, oak, etc.) in accordance with personal choice of decor in a way that is very close to reality, using computer technology, projection surfaces and a body (a three-dimensional body e.g. made of plate material).

State of the art

Different systems are already known for the visual display of decor, especially wood decor.

Users independently use, for example, computer tools - tools, i.e. data based on the Internet as a means of visual display, which allow the user to see different situations in the room space and to try out how different wood decors work in combination with different colors of walls and floor coverings. These means - tools for visual display have already proven themselves in practice. Here, however, some improvements in optical appearance can be achieved.

Document US 3,683,779 describes a device for simulating decor, namely a device that simulates a piece of furniture, e.g. pieces of furniture covered with the desired fabric.

This device gives a transparent shape ensuring that only the shape and shaded detail, such as a piece of furniture, are visible and the image is essentially opaque outside the shape of the piece of furniture, bringing the representation of the design of the shape to the fore, while the image of the desired decor (pattern) of the fabric to be added to it is extended in all directions over a length greater than the corresponding dimensions.

transparent shape of the object, where the passage of light is achieved through it for the purpose of obtaining

complex (composite) image that resembles a piece of furniture with the fabric it has

appropriate decor. This well-known device essentially corresponds to a slide projector. In order to

got more pictures simulating different pieces of furniture or different decor handling this

device requires a lot of time. What's more, the optical impression obtained by this well-known device is

poor, because the canvas used to display images is two-dimensional.

In addition, US 2,591,428 describes an adapted display device

to the needs of paint or furniture dealers, interior decorators or the like for visual purposes

showing the potential buyer the effect achieved when a wall, floor or room is painted

a certain color. In doing so, each color can be selectively varied, which serves as an aid

when a harmonious choice of colors should be made in advance. This device has an upright

two-dimensional projection surface-canvas that is placed at some distance from

platforms. Several movie projectors were placed on the platform, placed next to each other.

Movie projectors are set so that the projection field corresponds to the projection surface-

cloth. Film projectors are of the type adapted to use photographic or roll film

each projector has a turning button, so that the image of the film (with its entire surface)

could be selectively positioned for projection.

Handling these famous devices is very complicated. Also the visual impression

obtained by these known devices is very poor, because it is used for designing

two-dimensional canvas.

Brief description of the invention

The invention relates to a chamber (container) for the visual display of decor in virtualine

space. The invention relates particularly to studies for visual design.

The basis of the proposed invention lies in the additional approach for the chamber for the above indicated

a visual representation of the decor with which, or with what choice, a high-quality visual is realized

display of different decors of upper surfaces very realistically.

The solution to this task is achieved by means of a chamber with patent characteristics

demands. The advantages and advantages of performing the chamber in accordance with the invention are also given in

requirements.

According to the invention, the chamber represents a container for virtual design and includes

at least one image projector ("Beamer" projector type) and one spatial projection

surface, which includes different partial surfaces, where it must be foreseen that

the projector is supplied with a control system, which is designed in such a way that

the projection surface can be visually displayed by partial surfaces with different decors, which are selected from a group of different decors using the control system.

The group of different decors primarily includes particularly necessary decors, which are obtained with the help of a scanner or digitization and contain the necessary decor samples for the structure of the upper surface of a material, for example, a sample of a wooden board, an original wooden veneer, with a decor of different wood and also a structure - a pattern of the upper surface that is placed on the worktop and which can be made of material with the appearance of wood, plate material with the appearance of natural stone, and so on.

In the chamber according to the invention, those decors can be visually displayed, especially decors that have a structure of the upper surface (texture), whereby a complete impression is obtained in terms of the optical appearance of the corresponding product, for example, a panel for floor covering, the front of furniture or kitchen worktops, and this can be presented very realistically.

The chamber according to the invention enables the presentation of individually designed decor and the structure of the upper surface in virtual space. The ambient space is mostly freely chosen. The visual display of the decor in the virtual space performed in accordance with the invention improves the quality of the presentation, i.e. it enables an obvious display of various decor alternatives. This type of presentation brings the user certainty in his choice of decor, so that the decision-making in this regard can be done much faster and with better quality.

All digitally developed decor data can also be combined with the existing digital data on texture (structure of the upper surface) and can be displayed visually in their three-dimensional appearance, whereby the light effect and the gloss effect can be observed if necessary by changing the viewing angle.

According to one particular embodiment of the invention, the projection surface includes at least one wall, at least one part of the floor as well as at least one body. According to its external dimensions, the body fits, for example, the kitchen space or the space of the room. By means of a visual representation of the decor and structure of the upper surface (texture) on the three-dimensional body, the general optical impression can be further improved very realistically.

A further particular embodiment of the invention consists in visually displaying a light effect and/or a glow effect on the projection surface with an image projector or at least one of the image projectors. This performance also greatly improves the actual optical impression.

As an image projector or image projectors, in the chamber designed in accordance with the invention, primarily those are used, with which the observation of the visual display in the three-dimensional appearance of the image can be realized, that is, it can mediate in this.

The control of the image projector or image projectors is designed in such a way that it can be used to visually display additional images on the projection surface at the same time, i.e. one decor, or one or more objects, especially electrical devices, reinforcements, handles, fittings and/or accessories in the room - room equipment, whereby the existing object of one group with different objects can be selected using the set control system.

According to a further suitable embodiment of the chamber according to the invention, a reading device is installed on at least one image projector as part of the control system, which connects and captures the corresponding identification means present on the various decor patterns. The user of the chamber can thus compare the existing decor samples (original) with a virtual representation of the decor including the corresponding structures of the rubber surface (texture). It is particularly advantageous with this chamber according to the invention that it is possible to make it easier for the user to choose the decor, so it is easier for many people to choose the decor based on the original sample as well as on the basis of the picture.

For safe adjustment of one color, i.e. the correct color on the decor in its visual display, it is further provided that at least a scanner is used for the digitization of the sample of the existing decor, group of materials, real materials and/or the three-dimensional structure of the upper surfaces, and that for the visual display of the decor, an output device is used, especially a fluorescent screen, an image projector and/or a color printer, which must be mutually adjusted and profiled.

Brief description of the draft images

Furthermore, the invention will be explained in more detail with the help of several exemplary embodiments shown in the figures. It is given in the pictures in a schematic view. The images show: Figure 1 of a chamber according to the invention for a three-dimensional visual representation of the decor in combination with the structure of the upper surfaces of the element, in an axonometric view, wherein the arrangement is in an inactive state or a prepared state;

Picture 2 of the chamber in accordance with picture 1 shown in the first functional situation (situation with visual representation);

Figure 3 of the chamber in accordance with Figure 1 shown in another functional situation (situation with visual display);

Figure 4 of the chamber in accordance with Figure 1 shown in the third functional situation (situation with visual representation);

Figure 5 is a presentation space with a chamber designed in accordance with the invention for a three-dimensional visual representation of the decor in combination with the structure of the upper surfaces, in an axonometric view; and

Figure 6 is the presentation space with the chamber from Figure 5, shown in a horizontal projection.

Detailed description of the invention

The chamber shown in Figures 1 to 4, which is performed in accordance with the invention, has several projectors 1, 2, 3 for images ("Beamer" projector technique) and a projection surface 4 for visual display of decor. The projection surface 4 consists of a part of the space, which is created by means of an angle in the space, which is defined by the walls 4.1 and 4.2 and a part of the base, i.e. the floor 4.3. In addition, the displayed part of the space, i.e. the projection surface 4, includes the corpus 4.4. Therefore, projection surface 4 consists of walls 4.1., 4.2, floor 4.3 and body 4.4. The body 4.4 is shown as a three-dimensional body with the lower part 4.41 (as a closed element (cabinet)) and the upper part 4.42 (as a closed high element (cabinet) or cabinet/cabinet), the body can be for example made of plate material. The body 4.4 is part of the projection surface 4 and is shown in each of Figures 2 to 6. This surface is covered/varnished in one color. Body 4.4 primarily has a gray painted coating. On the front side, body 4.4 (not shown in Figure 1) is equipped with handles and/or fittings

The invention here uses the so-called "Multi — Beamer" technology. Projectors 1, 2, 3 for images ("Beamer") are primarily hung on surfaces in the space. With projectors 1, 2, 3 for images, it is a technique - LCD - Beamer or DLP - Beamer technology. For projectors 1, 2, 3, a computer 5 or some similar device is installed as a control system for images.

For the visual display of different decors, digital data for the decor and/or digital data for the structure are used in the chamber according to the invention. This data comes from digital records. Here, newly developed designs - blueprints and/or samples of existing decor and structures are digitized using a high-resolution scanner. The digital data for the decor and/or the data for the structure can also, for example, come from an intaglio printing process or from other external providers. Digitized decor is usually about wood decor, stone decor, marble decor and/or arbitrarily designed decor.

Digital decor data and/or structure data are stored (deposited) in the decor data bank. Primarily, this refers to the central data bank where existing data is handled and new data (updated) for decor and/or structure data are entered as needed.

The digital decor and structure (texture) are processed and prepared by image shaping software and presentation software and projected onto one or more specific surfaces in the previously described chamber space using one or more image projectors. The result is a photographically realistic, three-dimensional copy of a selected decor (for example, wood decor), which is fully covered by the quality or selected structure of the upper surface (for example, pores on wood) in a spatial environment. The spatial ambience is variable, i.e. it is possible to choose it from many different memorized spatial situations or situations with furniture.

Thus, for example, Figure 2 shows the kitchen row of cupboards composed of the lower cupboard 6.1 and the upper cupboard 6.2. The decor as well as the structure of the upper surface of the front of the cabinet doors 6.1, 6.2 can vary independently of the decor and structure of the worktop 8 and/or the floor 4.3 as well as the color of the wall. In particular, it is possible to use the Beamer projectors 1, 2, 3 for images to project an image of an electrical device 7, for example, a belt for baking or some other object onto the body 4.4 or onto the wall 4.1.

Figure 3 visually shows the spatial situation, that is, the situation with the furniture, in which a decor that differs from the previous one has been projected onto body 4.4 with a condition in accordance with Figure 2. Especially here, the shelves on the cabinet are designed at a higher height than in part 4.42 of body 4.4 (see picture 1). While in the situation given in accordance with Figure 2 under 4.3 it is visually shown in the form of wooden boards, and in the situation in accordance with Figure 3 under 4.3 it is virtually shown in the form of tiles.

Figure 4 shows that on the same body 4.4 can be visually displayed, for example, drawers 9 with thick sides, one shelf 10 for books 12, whereby an image of a television device 11 is projected onto the wall 4.1.

With projectors 1, 2, 3 for pictures, it is possible to visually display, for example, cabinet doors 6.1, 6.2 , drawer fronts 9, skirting boards, worktops 8, stone glossy plates (glossy marble), wall coverings, decorative boards on a shelf, books 12, pictures, wooden floor coverings, ceramic tile or stone (marble) floor coverings, electrical appliances 7, handles, fittings, reinforcements, and so on to the projection surface 4 of the chamber made in accordance with the invention.

With at least one of the image projectors 1, 2, 3, the effect of brightness and/or the effect of light or the effect of shadows on the projection surface 4 can also be visually displayed.

The chamber according to the invention can, in addition to the above, include (not shown) a printer for color copies, i.e. a color plotter on which the decor (including the structure) can be visually displayed and printed as a pattern with color on paper or some other substrate. The virtual projection and the sample can be compared at any time.

The chamber made in accordance with the invention can be especially intended for installation in a sales area ("showroom") and/or at a fair stand, including also a mobile presentation device (for example, a truck for presentation).

Figures 5 and 6 show examples of execution that contain the same body 4.4, which is of different heights and consists mainly of parts 4.41, 4.42 of the body 4.4, which are in the shape of a cube. The visible surfaces of the body 4.4 are represented by the same coating/varnish color, which serve as projection surfaces.

Further, Figures 5 and 6 show the arrangement of two high-placed projectors 1, 2 for images ("Beamer"), and computer 5 as well as control unit 14, which is primarily designed as a touch screen, is used to control projectors 1, 2 for images. Projector 1 for images is set so that the decor is primarily projected on the front sides of the body 4.4, while projector 2 for images is set so that the decor is projected on the sides of the body 4.4. The main projection axes of the image projectors 1, 2 are placed transversely to each other. By means of this design, it is possible to obtain a particularly plastic impression of the space.

Body 4,4, projectors 1,2 for images, computer 5 and screen are installed in space 16 for presentation. Presentation space 16 is built from several walls 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4 and floor 17. Walls 16.1 to 16.4 and floor 17 have individual surfaces, as well as walls 4.1, 4.2 and floor 4.3, which serve as projection surfaces and they are made in the same way neutrally, coated/varnished in one color. The computer 5 (control element) and the screen of the control unit 14 can, for example, be integrated into a tall cabinet 18 or something similar. The projectors 1, 2 for images are, for example, mounted on supports 19, 20 which are in the form of a column and are primarily partially covered with the placed partition 20.1.

As an option, it can be connected to a computer 5, a reading device (not shown), which is used for interactive recognition of decor samples. For this case, the decor samples are supplied with an identification element, which is given in the form of an RFID transmitter or they are supplied with an optically recognizable barcode, primarily a circular barcode. This reading device and the computer 5 attached to it constitute the basic means for identification and each recognized sample of decor will be displayed directly with the help of projectors 1, 2 for images in the situation of a virtual space.

Further included, through the visual representation of the decor and structure of the upper surface, is the use of a portable imaging device, which includes a computer, an imaging screen, and a color printer or color plotter. These devices enable the transfer of an individual digital impression of the decor and are available ("VDS Proti") primarily to professional users (traders and processors). The goal is to ensure that the quality of visually displayed and/or printed, i.e., plotter-processed and transferred decor, from delivery to presentation, is high-quality, first of all related to color, as well as that the transfer process related to cost and duration is realized rationally with high efficiency. Portable devices enable the automatic transfer of products or samples supplied with decor and structure of the upper surface and/or wood material.

For certain objects (construction projects) as well as for smaller objects, the decor and structure of the upper surface of the existing wood products will primarily be determined using the digital printing process.

In the production of large series, the decor and structure of the upper surface of the existing wooden products will be determined for this purpose, among other things, by using the gravure printing process. This is put into production by means of at least one cylinder under pressure and at least one roller with an embossed structure or likewise on the basis of pre-remembered decor data or top surface structure data.

The central management for decor data is connected to one production information management system. Production and information management (PIM) prepares production information for use in various information media, i.e. sales channels (lines) as well as for various other needs. Management, maintenance, modification of production information takes place in a central system, primarily in a central data bank for decor or the database is connected to a similar device. During each use in a place, ie in sales, the use of the entire process performed in accordance with the invention is ensured without large expenditure of resources with the rearrangement of production information via the search network. SistemPIEnables efficient data download, data management, data addition, data broadcast. All production information is consolidated in the database. Product information can be pulled from a central data holding system for sample renewal (sample service), brochures, catalogs and/or collection creation.

According to the invention, it is possible to centrally manage and automate multiple virtual design studios, at different locations, with an update process.

The implementation of the invention is not limited only to the above-described examples of implementation. More precisely, there are numerous variants that can be imagined, in which the idea of the invention is used, while the execution itself varies the characteristics from the following patent claims. Thus, for example, it is possible to produce a chamber with only one single image projector in the chamber performed in accordance with the invention for the visual representation of the decor and structure of the upper surface and apply it to the neutral body 4.4 in accordance with Figure 1.

Claims (3)

1. A chamber for the visual display of decor in a virtual space, especially wood decor, characterized by having simple projection surfaces (4), a computer (5) and projectors (1, 2, 3), wherein at least one projector (1, 2, 3) is connected to a computer (5) and the computer (5) has a database with various decors, especially wood decors and where the computer (5) is connected to the unit (14) for managing and selecting different decors from the database and where is a computer (5) configured to control at least one projector (1,2,3). 2. Chamber for visual display of decor in virtual space, especially wood decor, according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the projection surfaces (4) include at least one body (4.4). 3. Chamber for visual display of decor in virtual space, especially wood decor, according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by having a device for reading and detecting elements to identify decor samples, wherein said device is connected to a computer (5).