Auxiliary Screen With Integrated Mobile Device Compartment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users with impaired vision and those needing greater screen space for multitasking face challenges with personal electronic devices having limited or non-existent screen size and lacking input methods, and existing auxiliary screens pose risks due to insecure connections.
Innovation Solution
An auxiliary screen with a receiving compartment that securely holds a mobile device, providing a larger display and input options like keyboards or touch-sensitive screens, connected via ports or wireless signals, with adjustable securing mechanisms to prevent misplacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a mobile device is connected to an auxiliary screen using merely a wire, then the device can be transferred to another screen, but the risk of misplacing or dropping the mobile device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the mobile device holder with the auxiliary screen into a single integrated unit. The holder is built into the screen frame, creating a unified structure where the device and screen cannot be separated, thereby eliminating the risk of misplacement while maintaining screen transfer functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device is nested within a dedicated holder compartment that is part of the screen structure. The holder contains the device through physical constraints (walls and base), creating a nested configuration where the smaller device resides within the larger screen assembly, preventing accidental separation
2Volume of moving object
If personal electronic devices have smaller screens, then the devices become more portable, but the screen space for multitasking and users with impaired vision is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extends the display experience from two dimensions (mobile device screen) to a larger spatial configuration by placing the mobile device within an external frame structure. This allows the small portable device to utilize a much larger display area on the auxiliary screen, effectively adding spatial dimension to the display capability while maintaining device portability
3Device complexity
If personal electronic devices lack input methods, then the device design remains simple, but the user cannot perform multiple tasks efficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The auxiliary screen frame is designed to provide multiple input methods (keyboard, touch screen, mouse) in addition to display functionality. This multi-functional design allows the simple mobile device to gain enhanced input capabilities for multitasking while the frame serves universal purposes of both display and input provision
Data Source
AI summary
An auxiliary screen. The auxiliary screen includes a display having a screen, wherein a compartment is disposed within the display. An opening of the compartment is disposed along a lateral side of the display. A housing is slidably disposed within the compartment, wherein the housing can selectively move between an open position and a closed position. The housing can further receive a mobile device therein. The mobile device is operably connected to the display, such that the screen displays the graphical interface of the mobile device. An input device that can allow a user to interact with the graphical interface of the mobile device is operably connected to the display.