Auxiliary Display Panel Bridging Bezels in Multi-Screen Setups
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Solution Overview
Problem
In multi-display device environments, the bezel areas between display devices create a sense of discontinuity and disconnection due to the discontinuous viewing of screens, leading to a fragmented output experience.
Innovation Solution
An auxiliary display device is introduced, connected to first and second display devices, featuring upper and lower fixing portions that cover the bezel areas, utilizing elastic members and rotation shafts to securely attach the auxiliary display device, ensuring a seamless image display across the boundary areas with a narrower bezel width than the connected devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple display devices are connected side by side, then information processing capability is improved, but visual continuity deteriorates due to bezel areas creating discontinuity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a third display device as an intermediary element positioned between the first and second display devices. This intermediate display device covers the bezel areas of the adjacent devices, acting as a visual mediator that bridges the gap created by the bezels and restores continuity to the overall display surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the display surface into an additional spatial dimension by adding a third display device in the horizontal direction. This dimensional extension allows the system to cover the vertical bezel areas of the adjacent devices, transforming the visual discontinuity problem into a solved state through spatial arrangement.
2Area of stationary object
If display devices are arranged with adjacent edges, then screen real estate is increased, but bezel areas create a sense of disconnection
Solution Approach 1:
The third display device serves as an intermediary that eliminates the harmful visual disconnection effect generated by the bezel areas. By positioning this intermediate device between the first and second display devices, the bezel-induced disconnection is masked, and visual continuity is restored across the entire multi-device arrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent converts the harmful effect of bezel areas into a beneficial configuration by using the same bezel areas as mounting surfaces for the third display device. The vertical sides of the first and second display devices, which originally created disconnection, are utilized as fixing portions to attach the intermediate device, thereby transforming the problem into a structural solution.
3Stability of the object's composition
If fixing mechanisms are added to connect display devices, then structural stability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The third display device serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as an additional display surface for increased screen real estate, serves as a structural bridge to connect the first and second display devices, and masks the bezel areas to maintain visual continuity. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate fixing mechanisms, as the intermediate device itself provides the structural connection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functions of display output and structural connection into a single component—the third display device. Rather than adding separate mounting brackets or fixing mechanisms, the intermediate display device is integrated to perform both display and structural bonding functions, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The auxiliary display device effectively minimizes the bezel area between display devices, providing a continuous and cohesive viewing experience by securely attaching to the adjacent display devices, thus enhancing the visual continuity of the output screen.
Implementation Method 1
the first arm and the second arm may be connected to the first rotation shaft through a first elasticity member, and the first elastic member may provide an elastic force to an opposing end of the first arm and an opposing end of the second arm in a direction opposite to the first direction
Implementation Method 2
the third arm and the fourth arm may be connected to the second rotation shaft through a second elastic member, and the second elastic member may provide an elastic force to an opposing end of the third arm and an opposing end of the fourth arm in a direction opposite to the first direction
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AI summary
An auxiliary display device, which is connected to first and second display devices, includes: a display panel; upper and lower holders respectively connected to upper and lower portions of the display panel; an upper fixing portion connected to the upper holder to fix an upper end of the auxiliary display device to upper ends of the first and second display devices; and a lower fixing portion connected to the lower holder to fix a lower end of the auxiliary display device to lower ends of the first and second display devices, where when the first and second display devices are connected to each other by the upper fixing portion and the lower fixing portion, the display panel covers adjacent bezel areas of the first and second display devices.