Display Panel Slot Integration for High Screen Ratio
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices with display panels typically have a small panel ratio, which limits user experience due to the limited space for additional features and functionality.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a display panel with a slot or void extending through its thickness direction to accommodate components like cameras, receivers, and sensors, while maintaining a large display area by integrating these components within the panel's structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If components like cameras and receivers are added to enhance functionality, then device functionality is improved, but panel ratio decreases due to increased external dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds components such as cameras, receivers, and sensors within the display panel structure itself, nesting them in the front surface, back surface, or side surfaces of the panel. This allows multiple functional elements to be contained within the panel's boundary, maintaining a high panel ratio while achieving enhanced device functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the thickness dimension of the display panel by extending slots through the front surface, back surface, or side surfaces. Components are positioned in these three-dimensional spaces within the panel structure, transforming a two-dimensional panel into a three-dimensional integrated system that accommodates additional functionality without increasing the panel's footprint area.
2Adaptability or versatility
If components are placed outside the display panel, then device functionality is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional assembly steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the display panel with multiple functional components (cameras, receivers, sensors, flash) into a single integrated structure. The display panel itself serves as the housing and mounting structure for these components, eliminating the need for separate assemblies and reducing overall device complexity despite enhanced functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The display panel is designed to serve multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as the display surface, the structural housing, the mounting platform for cameras and receivers, and the protective cover. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, thereby simplifying assembly while maintaining high device functionality.
3Area of stationary object
If display panel size is increased to improve user experience, then screen area is improved, but device dimensions increase
Solution Approach 1:
By nesting functional components within the display panel's three-dimensional structure (front surface, back surface, side surfaces), the patent maximizes the use of internal space. This allows the display panel to maintain a large front surface area for viewing while keeping the overall device dimensions compact, as additional functionality is accommodated within the panel's depth rather than increasing its footprint.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The display panel includes a display area. The display area includes a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface. The display panel defines a slot extending through the display surface and the back surface. The display surface includes a display area. The slot is located in the display area. The display area includes a plurality of image pixels. The touch panel is coupled to the display panel.