Display Apparatus Guide Frame Camera Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display apparatuses, such as LCD devices, are limited in slimness and aesthetic design due to the presence of lower and upper cases and front and rear set covers, which increase thickness and edge width, obstructing innovative design development.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus design that removes these cases and incorporates a guide frame with a camera integrated into the display unit, using a backlight unit and polarizing plates to minimize thickness and edge width while maintaining aesthetic appeal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If lower and upper cases and front and rear set covers are used to accommodate display components, then structural support and component protection are provided, but thickness and edge width increase, limiting slimness and aesthetic design
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the traditional lower and upper cases and front and rear set covers from the display apparatus structure. By extracting these unnecessary covering components, the display unit can be directly exposed, significantly reducing thickness and edge width while maintaining structural integrity through alternative support mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The display apparatus is segmented into essential functional components only, separating the display unit from traditional housing structures. This segmentation allows the display unit to stand independently without requiring enclosing cases, achieving slimness while maintaining structural support through the guide frame and mounting brackets
2Shape
If traditional cases and set covers are used, then component accommodation and protection are achieved, but edge width increases, obstructing innovative design development
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes traditional housing components (lower case, upper case, front set cover, rear set cover) that complicate the structure. This extraction simplifies the overall device structure to its essential functional elements, enabling innovative design development and improved aesthetic exterior appearance
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of enclosing the display unit within traditional cases and covers, the patent inverts the design approach by exposing the display unit directly. This inversion eliminates the need for complex covering structures and allows the display unit itself to define the aesthetic appearance, achieving both simplicity and design innovation
3Adaptability or versatility
If camera is embedded in the display apparatus, then video chat and video conference functionality are enabled, but additional covering structures increase thickness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the camera component with the display unit by directly mounting the camera on the display unit without requiring separate housing or covering structures. This merging allows video chat functionality to be integrated into the slim display apparatus, enabling versatility without increasing thickness through additional covering structures
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AI summary
A display apparatus, which is able to minimize a thickness by innovatively removing a case and some portions of a set cover and to realize a good aesthetic exterior appearance of the display apparatus by a novel design, includes a set cover exposed to the external to have a storage space, a guide frame received in the storage space, a display unit including a display panel prepared by bonding lower and upper substrates to each other, the display unit placed onto the guide frame, and a camera overlapping with one edge of the display unit and received in the guide frame.