Information-presentation structure with intelligently controlled impact-sensitive color change
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 principal variable-color (“
VC”
) region which extends to the exposed surface at a principal 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 principal general characteristics-identifying impact signal if the impact meets principal threshold impact criteria, the impact signal identifying an expected location of an ID print area in the surface zone and principal general supplemental impact information for the impact; and
a color-change (“
CC”
) controller responsive to the impact signal, if provided, for determining whether the supplemental impact information meets principal supplemental impact criteria and, if so, for providing a principal general CC initiation signal, the ID portion responding to the initiation signal, if provided, by temporarily appearing 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.
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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 and supplemental impact information for the impact. Responsive to the impact signal, a controller (702) determines whether the supplemental impact information meets supplemental impact criteria and, if so, provides an initiation signal. The impact-dependent portion responds to the initiation signal, if provided, by temporarily appearing along the print area as changed color materially different from the principal color. The print area closely matches the object-contact area in size, shape, and location.
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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 principal variable-color (“
VC”
) region which extends to the exposed surface at a principal 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 principal general characteristics-identifying impact signal if the impact meets principal threshold impact criteria, the impact signal identifying an expected location of an ID print area in the surface zone and principal 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 principal supplemental impact criteria and, if so, for providing a principal general CC initiation signal, the ID portion responding to the initiation signal, if provided, by temporarily appearing 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- IP”
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