Information-presentation structure with impact-sensitive color change to different colors dependent on location in variable-color region of single normal color
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 providing a location-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, the print area meeting one of a plurality of mutually exclusive location criteria for the location of the print area in the surface zone, the location criteria encompassing substantially all the surface zone and respectively corresponding to a like plurality of specific changed colors materially different from the principal color, more than one of the specific changed colors being different; and
a color-change (“
CC”
) controller responsive to the impact signal, if provided, for determining which location criterion is met by the print area and for providing a general CC initiation signal at a condition corresponding to that location criterion, the ID portion responding to the initiation signal by temporarily appearing along the print area largely as the specific changed color for that location criterion, the print area at least partly encompassing, at least mostly outwardly conforming largely to, and being largely concentric with the OC area.
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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 providing an impact signal if the impact meets threshold impact criteria. The impact signal identifies an expected location of a print area (118) in the zone. The print area meets one of plural different print-area location criteria respectively corresponding to plural changed colors materially different from the principal color. Responsive to the impact signal, a controller (702) determines which location criterion is met by the print area and provides an initiation signal at a corresponding condition. The impact-dependent portion responds to the initiation signal by temporarily appearing along the print area as the changed color for that location criterion.
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20 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 providing a location-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, the print area meeting one of a plurality of mutually exclusive location criteria for the location of the print area in the surface zone, the location criteria encompassing substantially all the surface zone and respectively corresponding to a like plurality of specific changed colors materially different from the principal color, more than one of the specific changed colors being different; anda color-change (“
CC”
) controller responsive to the impact signal, if provided, for determining which location criterion is met by the print area and for providing a general CC initiation signal at a condition corresponding to that location criterion, the ID portion responding to the initiation signal by temporarily appearing along the print area largely as the specific changed color for that location criterion, the print area at least partly encompassing, at least mostly outwardly conforming largely to, and being largely concentric with the OC area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- IP”
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11. 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 that impact, the print area meeting one of a plurality of mutually exclusive location criteria for the location of the print area in the surface zone, the location criteria encompassing substantially all the surface zone and respectively corresponding to a like plurality of specific changed colors materially different from the principal color, more than one of the specific changed colors being different; 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 determining which location criterion is met by the print area and providing a general CC initiation signal at a condition corresponding to that location criterion, the ID portion responding to the initiation signal, if provided, by temporarily appearing along the print area largely as the specific changed color for that location criterion, the print area at least partly encompassing, at least mostly outwardly conforming largely to, and being largely concentric with the OC area. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- IP”
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