Information-presentation structure with impact-sensitive color change to different colors dependent on impact conditions
First Claim
1. An information-presentation (“
- IP”
) structure comprising an object-impact (“
OI”
) structure having an exposed surface for being impacted by an object during an activity, the OI structure comprising a variable-color (“
VC”
) region which extends to the exposed surface at a surface zone and normally appears along it largely as a principal color during the activity, an impact-dependent (“
ID”
) portion of the VC region responding to the object impacting the surface zone at an ID object-contact (“
OC”
) area spanning where the object contacts the surface zone by temporarily appearing along an ID print area of the surface zone largely as generic changed color materially different from the principal color if the impact meets threshold impact criteria, the print area at least partly encompassing, at least mostly outwardly conforming largely to, and being largely concentric with the OC area wherein;
the threshold impact criteria comprise multiple sets of different threshold impact criteria respectively associated with multiple specific changed colors materially different from the principal color, more than one of the specific changed colors being different; and
the impact is potentially capable of meeting any of the criteria sets and, if the impact meets the threshold impact criteria, the generic changed color is the specific changed color for the criteria set met by the impact.
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Abstract
A variable-color region (106) of an information-presentation structure extends to an exposed surface (102) at a surface zone (112) and normally appears along it as a principal color. An impact-dependent portion (138) of the variable-color region responds to an object (104) impacting the zone at an object-contact area (116) by temporarily appearing along a print area (118) of the zone as generic changed color materially different from the principal color. The print area closely matches the object-contact area in size, shape, and location. The threshold impact criteria consist of multiple sets of different threshold impact criteria respectively associated with multiple specific changed colors materially different from the principal color. If the impact meets the threshold impact criteria, the generic changed color is the specific changed color for the criteria set met by the impact.
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18 Claims
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1. An information-presentation (“
- IP”
) structure comprising an object-impact (“
OI”
) structure having an exposed surface for being impacted by an object during an activity, the OI structure comprising a variable-color (“
VC”
) region which extends to the exposed surface at a surface zone and normally appears along it largely as a principal color during the activity, an impact-dependent (“
ID”
) portion of the VC region responding to the object impacting the surface zone at an ID object-contact (“
OC”
) area spanning where the object contacts the surface zone by temporarily appearing along an ID print area of the surface zone largely as generic changed color materially different from the principal color if the impact meets threshold impact criteria, the print area at least partly encompassing, at least mostly outwardly conforming largely to, and being largely concentric with the OC area wherein;the threshold impact criteria comprise multiple sets of different threshold impact criteria respectively associated with multiple specific changed colors materially different from the principal color, more than one of the specific changed colors being different; and the impact is potentially capable of meeting any of the criteria sets and, if the impact meets the threshold impact criteria, the generic changed color is the specific changed color for the criteria set met by the impact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An information-presentation (“
- IP”
) structure comprising;an object-impact (“
OI”
) structure having an exposed surface for being impacted by an object during an activity, the OI structure comprising a variable-color (“
VC”
) region which extends to the exposed surface at a surface zone and normally appears along it largely as a principal color during the activity, an impact-dependent (“
ID”
) portion of the VC region responding to the object impacting the surface zone at an ID object-contact (“
OC”
) area spanning where the object contacts the surface zone by providing a general characteristics-identifying impact signal if the impact meets threshold impact criteria, the impact signal identifying an expected location of an ID print area in the surface zone and general supplemental impact information for the impact; anda color-change (“
CC”
) controller responsive to the impact signal, if provided, for determining whether the supplemental impact information meets supplemental impact criteria and, if so, for providing a general CC initiation signal, the ID portion responding to the initiation signal, if provided, by temporarily appearing along the print area largely as generic changed color materially different from the principal color, the print area at least partly encompassing, at least mostly outwardly conforming largely to, and being largely concentric with the OC area wherein;(a) the supplemental impact criteria comprise multiple sets of different supplemental impact criteria respectively associated with multiple specific changed colors materially different from the principal color, more than one of the specific changed colors being different; and (b) the supplemental impact information is potentially capable of meeting any of the criteria sets and, if the supplemental impact information meets the supplemental impact criteria, the generic changed color is the specific changed color for the criteria set met by the supplemental impact information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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