Deformable Display Screen Support for Flat and Bent Mode Switching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current electronic devices with curved screens suffer from issues such as accidental touch, edge reflection, and negative user experience due to excessive curvature.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a deformable display screen that can switch between a flattened state and a bent state, utilizing a deformation driving component and support mechanism to stabilize the screen, allowing for different display modes to enhance user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Shape

If a curved screen is designed to provide visual impact and aesthetic appeal, then the aesthetic appreciation and visual experience are improved, but accidental touch and edge reflection problems occur leading to poor user experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescreen curvatureVSAvoidaccidental touch and edge reflection
Core Design Contradiction:
ShapeVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a deformable screen that can dynamically change its curvature state between curved and flat configurations. The screen includes a support mechanism that allows it to transition between different shapes, enabling the device to adapt the screen curvature based on usage scenarios. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction by allowing the screen to provide aesthetic visual impact when curved while eliminating accidental touch and edge reflection issues when flattened.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the physical parameter of screen curvature from a fixed state to a variable state. By controlling the support mechanism, the screen curvature parameter can be adjusted between a curved configuration (for aesthetic appeal) and a flat configuration (for eliminating harmful effects like accidental touch and edge reflection). This parameter change enables the system to optimize user experience by selecting the appropriate curvature state for different usage conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Shape

If a curved screen is used to provide visual impact, then aesthetic appreciation is improved, but user experience deteriorates due to accidental touch and edge reflection

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecurved screen designVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
ShapeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The deformable screen with adjustable curvature allows the device to dynamically adapt between aesthetic presentation mode (curved) and operational reliability mode (flat). The support mechanism enables smooth transitions between states, allowing users to experience visual impact when needed while ensuring accurate touch operation when the screen is flattened, thus resolving the contradiction between aesthetic appeal and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Shape

If the screen is kept in a bent state for aesthetic purposes, then visual impact is improved, but the device loses adaptability for different usage scenarios

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebent screen configurationVSAvoiddisplay mode flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ShapeVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamically adjustable screen that can transition between bent and flat configurations, providing adaptability for different usage scenarios. The support mechanism allows the screen to be configured in a bent state for aesthetic visual impact or flattened for scenarios requiring accurate touch operation and reduced edge reflection, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining a fixed bent configuration and providing display mode flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The deformable screen structure serves multiple functions: it provides aesthetic visual impact when bent, eliminates accidental touch issues when flat, and enables adaptability for different usage scenarios through controlled transitions between states. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by allowing the same screen structure to fulfill both aesthetic and operational requirements across different contexts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP4276616B1Electronic apparatus, and control method and control device therefor
Publication Date: 2026.03.18 VIVO MOBILE COMM CO LTD
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AI summary

This application discloses an electronic device, a control method and an apparatus thereof. The electronic device includes a housing (100), a display screen (200) and a deformation driving component (300), where the display screen (200) is disposed on the housing (100); the display screen (200) includes a first region (210) and a second region (220); the first region (210) is a first plane region, and the second region (220) is connected to the first region (210); and the deformation driving component (300) is connected to an inner side of the second region (220), and the deformation driving component (300) deforms to drive the second region (220) to switch between a flattened state and a bent state. The electronic device further includes a support mechanism (400), and the support mechanism (400) includes a flat plate support body (410) and a motion driving component (420), where the motion driving component (420) drives the flat plate support body (410) to switch between a support state and an avoidance state; in a case that the flat plate support body (410) is in the support state, the flat plate support body (410) is supported on an inner side of the deformation driving component (300); and in a case that the flat plate support body (410) is in the avoidance state, the flat plate support body (410) avoids the second region (220) that is in the bent state.