Multi-Stage Display Mount Alignment Using Shape Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display assembly processes face challenges in accurately aligning materials based on their shapes, which is crucial for efficient integration into display components.

Innovation Solution

A display assembly device and method utilizing a mount assembly with movable and rotatable stages, combined with a sensor unit and control unit, to align materials based on shape recognition and adjustment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If a conventional mount assembly is used, then the structure is simple, but the alignment precision of materials based on shape is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealignment precisionVSAvoidmount assembly structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The mount assembly is divided into multiple independent mount stages (first mount stage, second mount stage, third mount stage) corresponding to different parts of the material (body, first wing, second wing). Each mount stage can be adjusted independently to achieve precise alignment of each material component, thereby improving overall alignment precision without requiring complete redesign of the entire assembly structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each mount stage includes a stand that can be rotated relative to the mount stage base, allowing dynamic adjustment of the material components during the alignment process. This rotational capability enables the system to adapt to different material shapes and positions, achieving precise alignment while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Manufacturing precision

If materials are aligned manually, then the device complexity is low, but the alignment accuracy and assembly efficiency are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealignment accuracyVSAvoidassembly efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

A sensor unit is introduced to detect the position and shape of the material, providing feedback signals to the control unit. The control unit processes this feedback information and automatically adjusts the mount stages to achieve precise alignment. This closed-loop control system significantly improves alignment accuracy and assembly efficiency compared to manual methods, while the automated control logic keeps the overall device complexity manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If the mount assembly is fixed, then the device complexity is low, but the adaptability to different material shapes is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to material shapesVSAvoidmount assembly structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The mount assembly incorporates rotational joints between the stands and mount stage bases, enabling each mount stage to be rotated to different angles. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the system to adapt to various material shapes and configurations. The control unit coordinates the rotation of multiple stands to achieve proper positioning for different material types, thereby improving adaptability while maintaining reasonable device complexity through standardized rotational mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables precise alignment of materials, ensuring correct positioning and overlap with display substrates, enhancing the assembly process efficiency and accuracy.

Implementation Method 1

a sensor unit positioned above the mount assembly... the sensor unit may include a camera facing the mount assembly... the camera may obtain an image of the material mark

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectImage sensing: Photography

Data Source

PatentUS20260065402A1Display assembly device and method
Publication Date: 2026.03.05 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A display assembly device includes: a body mount stage extending in a width direction; and a first wing mount stage and a second wing mount stage which are positioned in front of the body mount stage and spaced apart from each other in the width direction, wherein each of the body mount stage, the first wing mount stage, and the second wing mount stage includes: a mount stage base; and a mount stage stand including a mount stage stand body movably coupled to the mount stage base, wherein the mount stage stand includes a mount stage stand hole recessed on an upper face of the mount stage stand body.