Bracket Imaging Module for Electronic Device Visual Enhancement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices often prioritize functionality over visual appeal, leading to a need for enhanced design elements that capture consumer attention without increasing manufacturing costs.
Innovation Solution
A bracket with an imaging module that includes a first and second light source, pattern plates, and an imaging screen, projecting pattern lights to create visually enriching images on the screen, which can display product information or logos, enhancing the device's appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If traditional functional design is used, then manufacturing cost is low, but appearance visual effect is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging module is divided into multiple independent components: light sources, pattern plates, and an imaging screen. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured separately using simple processes, then assembled into the bracket, achieving complex visual effects without proportionally increasing manufacturing difficulty or cost
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses multiple light sources emitting different colors of light (e.g., red, green, blue) that pass through pattern plates to create colorful projected images on the imaging screen. This provides rich appearance visual effects and dynamic display capabilities while using basic optical components that remain cost-effective to manufacture
2Shape
If simple bracket structure is used, then manufacturing cost is low, but visual appeal is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides structural support for the electronic device while simultaneously housing an imaging module that projects visual information. This multi-functionality allows the bracket to enhance visual appeal without requiring a completely separate display device, thereby limiting the increase in structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The imaging module acts as an intermediary between the bracket structure and the visual display function. By introducing this intermediate component, the patent achieves visual appeal enhancement without directly complicating the bracket's primary structural role, maintaining a clear functional separation that limits overall 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 solution effectively enhances the visual appeal of electronic devices by projecting colorful and informative images, stimulating consumer desire without significant cost increases, while maintaining structural simplicity.
Implementation Method 1
The first pattern plate has a first transmissive pattern and is located on an optical path of the first illumination light, such that the first illumination light passing through the first transmissive pattern becomes a first pattern light
Data Source
AI summary
A bracket includes a bracket body and an imaging module. The imaging module includes a first light source, a first pattern plate, a second light source, a second pattern plate and an imaging screen. The first light source projects a first illumination light. The first pattern plate having a first transmissive pattern is located on an optical path of the first illumination light, such that the first illumination light passing through the first transmissive pattern becomes a first pattern light. The second light source projects a second illumination light. The second pattern plate having a second transmissive pattern is located on an optical path of the second illumination light, such that the second illumination light passing through the second transmissive pattern becomes a second pattern light. The imaging screen receives the projection of the first and second pattern light.