Integrated Display Housing With Surface-Mounted Wireless Relay

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Solution Overview

Problem

The installation of displays, information processing apparatuses, and wireless relay apparatuses requires significant space due to their separate installation, which can be exacerbated by incorporating a wireless relay apparatus into the housing, leading to increased housing size.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus design that integrates a display, control unit, and wireless relay apparatus within a single housing, with the wireless relay apparatus mounted to the housing's surface, allowing for reduced space requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a wireless relay apparatus is incorporated in a housing of an information processing apparatus, then integration is improved, but housing size becomes large

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveintegrationVSAvoidhousing size
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The wireless relay apparatus is mounted on the surface of the housing rather than being incorporated inside it. This external mounting approach allows the wireless relay apparatus to be integrated with the information processing apparatus while avoiding the need to enlarge the housing volume, thus resolving the contradiction between integration and housing size.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Adaptability or versatility

If display, information processing apparatus, and wireless relay apparatus are separately installed, then functionality is improved, but installation space becomes large

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoidinstallation space
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The display is mounted on the surface of the housing, and the wireless relay apparatus is also mounted on the surface of the same housing. This merging of multiple functional components onto a single housing structure allows all three components (display, information processing apparatus, and wireless relay apparatus) to be installed in close proximity, reducing the total installation space while maintaining full functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS12625527B2Information processing apparatus
Publication Date: 2026.05.12 NEC CORP
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus (10) includes a display (110), a housing (120), and a wireless relay apparatus (130). A control unit is provided inside the housing (120). The control unit includes, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), and performs various pieces of arithmetic processing and control processing. One example of the control processing is control of the display (110). The display (110) is mounted to the housing (120). The wireless relay apparatus (130) is mounted to any surface in surfaces of the housing (120). As one example, the display (110) and the wireless relay apparatus (130) are each mounted to a side surface of the housing (120).