Detachable Guide Panel Structure for Dual-Backlight Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display devices require separate configurations for direct and edge type backlight units, leading to inefficiencies and complexity in the design of the guide panel.
Innovation Solution
A display device structure that shares a part of the guide panel between direct and edge type backlight units, with a detachable coupling mechanism allowing for flexible adaptation and minimizing panel shrinkage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate configurations are used for direct and edge type backlight units, then each backlight type can be optimized for its specific function, but the guide panel design complexity increases and manufacturing efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide panel is designed with a universal structure that can accommodate both direct type and edge type backlight units. The frame structure includes guide panels with detachable coupling mechanisms that allow the same guide panel design to be used with different backlight unit types, eliminating the need for separate configurations and reducing design complexity while maintaining optimization for each backlight type through configurable coupling methods.
2Reliability
If separate configurations are used for direct and edge type backlight units, then each backlight type can be optimized for its specific function, but manufacturing efficiency and assembly ease decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The guide panel design enables a single manufacturing process to produce guide panels that can be used with both direct and edge type backlight units. The detachable coupling mechanism allows for standardized production of guide panels that can be subsequently configured for different backlight types, improving manufacturing efficiency by reducing the need for separate production lines while maintaining optimized performance for each backlight type.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide panel is divided into modular components with detachable coupling mechanisms, allowing for easier assembly and configuration. This segmentation enables the guide panel to be manufactured as a standardized module that can be quickly assembled with different backlight unit types, improving manufacturing efficiency and productivity.
3Device complexity
If a unified guide panel design is used for both backlight types, then design complexity is reduced and manufacturing is simplified, but adaptability to different backlight configurations may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The guide panel incorporates detachable coupling mechanisms that allow the structure to dynamically adapt to different backlight unit configurations. The coupling mechanism can be configured for direct type or edge type backlight units, maintaining a unified guide panel design while preserving adaptability through configurable attachment methods that accommodate different optical layer arrangements.
4Ease of operation
If detachable coupling is implemented between guide panels, then assembly ease and flexibility improve, but structural integrity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The detachable coupling mechanism is designed with pre-configured coupling structures that ensure proper alignment and secure attachment. The coupling mechanism includes features such as coupling protrusions and recesses that are pre-formed during manufacturing, allowing for easy assembly while maintaining structural integrity through predetermined coupling geometries that distribute mechanical loads effectively.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure may include: a display panel; a frame positioned behind the display panel; a first guide panel positioned between the display panel and the frame, and extending along one side of the display panel; a second guide panel positioned between the display panel and the frame, and extending along the other side of the display panel; and an optical layer positioned between the display panel and the frame, and providing light to the display panel, wherein the second guide panel may be detachably coupled to the first guide panel, wherein the display panel and the frame may be coupled to the first and second guide panels.