Display Device Guide Member Alignment for Distortion-Free Background

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Problem

Existing display devices face challenges in achieving a distortion-free optical illusion effect and flexible installation due to moire and distortion phenomena during background image acquisition, limiting their ability to provide a transparent or semi-transparent display experience and restricting installation positions.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a guide member, including marks and a QR code, is used to acquire and process images for aligning the display device's shape and background, allowing for accurate background image acquisition and transmission, enabling distortion-free optical illusion effects and flexible installation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a background image is photographed without a display device to create a transparent window effect, then the display device can provide a visual effect blending into the actual background, but moire phenomenon and distortion phenomenon occur depending on camera condition

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of installationVSAvoidimage quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-positioning a guide member with known geometric features at the installation location before capturing the background image. This guide member serves as a reference framework that enables the system to later correct for camera-induced distortions and moire effects when processing the background image, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of installation and image quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If the display device is installed in accordance with an already obtained background image, then the installation position is restricted, but this limits the flexibility of installation locations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstallation precisionVSAvoidinstallation flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a guide member as an intermediary element that mediates between the display device and the background image. The guide member with its known geometric features acts as a reference that allows the system to capture background images from various positions and angles, then computationally align and correct the images to match the display device's actual installation position. This resolves the contradiction by enabling both precise alignment and installation flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If the wall mount type display cannot easily correct the installation position, then the background image must not be generated with slight errors to prevent distortion, but this increases the difficulty of installation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay qualityVSAvoidease of installation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback by using the guide member's known geometric features as a reference for detecting and correcting installation position deviations. The system captures the guide member along with the background, analyzes the relative positions and orientations, and uses this feedback information to computationally correct the background image alignment. This allows wall-mounted displays to achieve high display quality without requiring extremely precise manual installation, thus resolving the contradiction between reliability and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3306568B1Electronic device and method for controlling the electronic device
Publication Date: 2020.11.04 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The method includes acquiring an image comprising a guide member positioned in an area at which a display device is to be installed; displaying the acquired image; analyzing a background area of the acquired image, the background area being positioned within the guide member in the acquired image; and acquiring information about a background image that is to be displayed in the background area of the acquired image.