Information-presentation structure having rapid impact-sensitive color change achieved with separate impact-sensing and color-change components
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, the VC region comprising an impact-sensitive (“
IS”
) component and a color-change (“
CC”
) component, wherein;
an impact-dependent (“
ID”
) segment of the IS component responds to the object impacting the surface zone at an ID object-contact (“
OC”
) area spanning where the object contacts the surface zone by providing an impact effect if the impact meets threshold impact criteria, the object subsequently leaving the surface zone; and
an ID segment of the CC component responds to the impact effect, if provided, by causing an ID portion of the VC region to temporarily appear along an ID print area of the surface zone largely as 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, a full forward transition delay of the ID portion extending from when the object just completes separation from the OC area to when the ID portion approximately first appears along the print area largely as the changed color, the full forward transition delay being no more than 0.2 s.
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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), normally appears along it as a principal color, and includes impact-sensitive and color-change components (182 and (184). A segment (192) of the impact-sensitive component responds to an object (104) impacting the zone at an object-contact area (116) by providing an impact effect if the impact meets threshold impact criteria. A segment (194) of the color-change component responds to the effect by causing an impact-dependent portion (138) of the variable-color region to temporarily appear along a print area (118) of the zone as changed color materially different from the principal color. The print area closely matches the object-contact area. The object subsequently leaves the object-contact area. The impact-dependent portion first appears as the changed color no more than 0.2 s after the object leaves the object-contact area.
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24 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, the VC region comprising an impact-sensitive (“
IS”
) component and a color-change (“
CC”
) component, wherein;an impact-dependent (“
ID”
) segment of the IS component responds to the object impacting the surface zone at an ID object-contact (“
OC”
) area spanning where the object contacts the surface zone by providing an impact effect if the impact meets threshold impact criteria, the object subsequently leaving the surface zone; andan ID segment of the CC component responds to the impact effect, if provided, by causing an ID portion of the VC region to temporarily appear along an ID print area of the surface zone largely as 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, a full forward transition delay of the ID portion extending from when the object just completes separation from the OC area to when the ID portion approximately first appears along the print area largely as the changed color, the full forward transition delay being no more than 0.2 s. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24)
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12. 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 extending to the exposed surface at a surface zone and normally appearing along it largely as a principal color during the activity, the VC region comprising an impact-sensitive (“
IS”
) component and a color-change (“
CC”
) component, wherein;an impact-dependent (“
ID”
) segment of the IS component responds to the object impacting the surface zone at an ID object-contact (“
OC”
) area spanning where the object contacts the surface zone by providing an impact effect if the impact meets threshold impact criteria, the object subsequently leaving the surface zone; andan ID segment of the CC component responds to the impact effect, if provided, by causing an ID portion of the VC region to temporarily appear along an ID print area of the surface zone largely as changed color materially different from the principal color, the print area at least partly encompassing, and at least mostly outwardly conforming largely to, and being largely concentric with the OC area, a 50% forward transition time delay of the ID portion extending from when the object just completes separation from the OC area to when the ID portion has changed 50% from actually appearing along the print area largely as the principal color to actually appearing along the print area largely as the changed color, the 50% forward transition delay being no more than 0.1 s. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. 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, the VC region comprising an impact-sensitive (“
IS”
) component and a color-change (“
CC”
) component, an impact-dependent (“
ID”
) segment of the IS component 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 object subsequently leaving the surface zone, 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 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, an ID segment of the CC component responding to the initiation signal, if provided, by causing an ID portion of the VC region to temporarily appear along the print area largely as 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, a full forward transition delay of the ID portion extending from when the object just completes separation from the OC area to when the ID portion approximately first appears along the print area largely as the changed color, the full forward transition delay being no more than 0.2 s. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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