Priority-Based Display Layout for Defective Screen Areas
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern display technologies face usability issues due to increased complexity and potential failure, which can lead to incorrect input or physical damage, especially in critical applications like patient monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A display device and method that detects defective screen areas and reorganizes the display content based on priority, ensuring critical information is displayed in non-defective areas, thereby maintaining functionality and user safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple components (lighting unit, touch unit, TFT matrix unit) are integrated to achieve advanced functionality and aesthetics, then the display device provides better user interaction and visual quality, but the device complexity increases and reliability decreases due to more potential failure points
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple screen areas, each capable of independently displaying information. The detection unit identifies defective screen areas, and the display control unit reorganizes content to display critical information in non-defective areas, allowing the display to remain functional despite component failures
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes the arrangement and positioning of displayed information based on detected defects. By adjusting which screen areas are used and how content is distributed across available functional areas, the display maintains usability even when parts of the integrated system fail
2Productivity
If the display device continues to operate with defective screen areas, then productivity is maintained, but incorrect input or physical damage may occur due to undetected defects
Solution Approach 1:
The detection unit proactively identifies defective screen areas before they cause harmful effects. By detecting defects early and preemptively reorganizing display content away from defective areas, the system prevents incorrect input and potential physical damage while maintaining continuous operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback loop where the detection unit continuously monitors screen areas, and the display control unit adjusts content arrangement based on detected defects. This closed-loop control ensures that critical information is always displayed in functional areas, preventing harmful effects from undetected defects
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a display device (1) and method of controlling the display device. The display device comprises a display screen (10) configured to display multiple pieces of information in different screen areas of the display screen, wherein one or more pieces of information have a higher priority than other pieces of information. The display device further comprises a detection unit (20) configured to detect if one or more of the different screen areas of the display screen are defective and a display control unit (30) configured to control the arrangement of the multiple pieces of information on the display screen and, in case one or more screen areas are detected as defective, to reorganize the arrangement of the multiple pieces of information on the display screen depending on the priority of the information intended to be displayed in said one or more defective screen areas.