Curved Display Assembly with Multi-Axis Contiguous Emissive Surface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies fail to provide an optimized workstation configuration with a continuous emissive surface that is non-skewed for viewing, aesthetically appealing, and adaptable for different user preferences, especially in terms of concavity and axis alignment, while supporting both vertical and non-vertical surfaces for immersive and private work environments.
Innovation Solution
The use of flexible or bendable display screens that can form a single fixed emissive surface with portions curving about different non-parallel axes, integrated with a support structure to maintain the desired shape and orientation, allowing for dynamic adjustment of concavity and user-preferred configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a single large flat panel display is used to increase screen space, then the sense of user immersion is improved, but peripheral portions become burdensome to view and user perspective becomes skewed
Solution Approach 1:
The display surface is curved along its length to create a concave configuration that wraps around the user's field of view. This curvature allows peripheral content to be viewed at more natural angles, eliminating the need for extreme head movements while maintaining immersion in a large-screen environment.
Solution Approach 2:
The display transitions from a two-dimensional flat surface to a three-dimensional concave structure. By adding the dimension of curvature, the display creates a more immersive environment while maintaining optimal viewing angles across the entire screen surface, solving the perspective distortion problem of flat displays.
2Ease of operation
If multiple smaller flat panel displays are arranged edge to edge, then viewing perspective is improved, but screen bezels between emissive surfaces are distracting and break up the aesthetic
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple display modules are merged into a single continuous curved emissive surface. The individual modules are positioned and oriented so their emissive surfaces align to form an unbroken visual field, eliminating the appearance of separate screens with bezels while maintaining the benefits of modular construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The curved arrangement of multiple modules creates a seamless visual transition between them. The concave geometry naturally masks the boundaries between modules, allowing multiple displays to function as a single unified aesthetic entity without visible bezels or interruptions.
3Stability of the object's composition
If rigid curved emissive surfaces are used, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability for different user preferences and configurations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements that allow the rigid curved display to be positioned in multiple configurations. Users can modify the display's orientation, angle, and spatial arrangement while maintaining the structural integrity and curved geometry of the emissive surface itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system is divided into modular sections where the rigid curved emissive surface is separated from the adjustable support structure. This segmentation allows the display surface to maintain its structural stability while the support components provide adaptability for different user preferences and workspace configurations.
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AI summary
An emissive surface assembly includes an emissive surface configuration having a substantially contiguous emissive surface on which visual content may be presented. The emissive surface configuration has emissive surface sections including at least a first substantially flat emissive surface section, at least first and second curved emissive surface sections that are curved about first and second non-parallel axis, the first curved section positioned adjacent a first edge of the first substantially flat emissive surface section, the second curved section adjacent a second edge of the first substantially flat emissive surface section, each of the curved and flat surface sections forming a portion of the substantially contiguous emissive surface, and a driver for presenting content on the substantially contiguous emissive surface.