Breathable Display Panel With Through Holes For Heat Dissipation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wearable display devices with non-breathable flexible panels cause discomfort and operational issues due to heat and sweat accumulation at contact sites with the human body.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating through holes in the display panel, specifically in pixel areas, to enhance breathability without affecting the display effect, allowing for heat and sweat dissipation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If through holes are added to the display panel to improve breathability, then heat and sweat dissipation is enhanced, but the display area is reduced due to sacrifice of pixel areas

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat and sweat accumulationVSAvoiddisplay area
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The display panel incorporates through holes in the substrate to create a porous structure that enables breathability. These through holes allow air circulation and dissipation of heat and sweat from the contact site between the wearable display device and the human body, directly addressing the harmful accumulation effects.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #31Porous materials

Solution Approach 2:

The through holes are strategically positioned in specific pixel areas where they can provide breathability functionality without uniformly reducing the entire display area. By localizing the breathability features to specific regions, the patent maintains display quality in non-through-hole areas while achieving the desired thermal and moisture management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of operation

If through holes are formed in pixel areas to enable breathability, then comfort and operation are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewearable device comfortVSAvoidmanufacturing process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The through holes are formed in the substrate during the manufacturing process before subsequent layers are deposited. This preliminary action integrates the breathability feature into the base structure, avoiding the need for additional post-processing steps and reducing overall manufacturing complexity despite the added functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9786864B2Display panel, display device and manufacturing method of display panel
Publication Date: 2017.10.10 SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A display panel, a display device and a manufacturing method of the display panel. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area, the display area includes a plurality of pixel areas, at least one through hole is arranged in at least one of the plurality of pixel areas, and the through hole passes through the display panel along the thickness direction of the display panel.