Adjustable Display Workspace with Movable Navigation Panel

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional portable devices, such as laptops, have limited operational scope and user convenience due to fixed screen angles and lack of additional workspaces, which restricts their functionality and comfort during extended use.

Innovation Solution

Integration of a third movable workspace with the keyboard and display, forming a work and navigation panel that can collapse to form a single surface with the keyboard, allowing for adjustable screen positioning and enabling tablet or smartphone functionality while maintaining laptop features, with an optional additional screen on the back for enhanced usability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a traditional laptop with fixed screen angle is used, then the device structure is simple, but user convenience deteriorates due to limited screen positioning options and eye fatigue

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser convenienceVSAvoiddevice structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamic screen positioning mechanism that allows the display to be adjusted to multiple angles and positions. The screen can be tilted forward, backward, and rotated to various orientations, transforming the fixed structure into a dynamically adjustable one that adapts to different user needs and usage scenarios.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The laptop is divided into functionally independent segments: the keyboard base, the adjustable screen assembly, and an optional third workspace panel. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized and adjusted independently, with the screen assembly being movable relative to the keyboard base through hinges and positioning mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Object-affected harmful factors

If the screen is positioned at optimal angles for user comfort, then eye fatigue is reduced, but the device complexity increases due to additional movable parts and mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveeye fatigueVSAvoidmovable parts

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The screen assembly incorporates dynamic positioning capabilities with hinges and adjustment mechanisms that enable the display to achieve optimal viewing angles. The screen can be tilted forward and backward, and rotated to various positions, allowing users to eliminate eye fatigue by positioning the display at the most comfortable angle for their line of sight.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If a third movable workspace is added to extend operational scope, then functionality is improved, but the device weight and material consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperational scopeVSAvoiddevice weight

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The third workspace panel is designed as a multi-functional component that can serve different purposes. It can function as an additional display area, a navigation panel, a touch interface, or be folded away to create a compact configuration. This universal design allows the same structure to fulfill multiple functions without requiring separate dedicated components for each function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The third workspace panel is integrated into the overall laptop structure in a nested manner, where it can be folded into the space between the keyboard and screen, or positioned flush with the keyboard surface. When not in use, the panel can be collapsed or stored within the device footprint, minimizing the increase in overall device volume and weight.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

4Adaptability or versatility

If the keyboard and display are separated to create a third workspace, then operational versatility is improved, but the structural stability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperational versatilityVSAvoidstructural stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The laptop structure is segmented into the keyboard base, display assembly, and third workspace panel, with each segment connected through controlled articulation points. The hinges and connection mechanisms provide defined movement axes that allow separation and reconfiguration while maintaining structural integrity during each configuration state.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Hinge mechanisms and connection elements act as intermediaries between the keyboard base, display, and third workspace panel. These intermediaries provide controlled movement and stable connection points, allowing the components to be separated and repositioned while maintaining overall structural stability through well-defined mechanical joints.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11360516B2Portable device for processing, transmitting, and receiving information, sound, and video

Publication Date: 2022.06.14 VEDACO SP ZOO

AI summary

A device incorporating a keyboard (1) and a display (2), constituting two separate workspaces, with a third movable workspace integrated with the keyboard (1) and the display (2), constituting a work and navigation panel (3). The panel (3) is a touch panel. On the back of the display (2) the device is equipped with an additional screen (4).