Display Screen Sensor Placement via Dimensional Shift
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display devices with shaped screens sacrifice display area completeness and increase manufacturing costs, affecting user visual experience due to asymmetry and inefficient utilization of screen space.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a housing, a display screen featuring a first displaying area that can be toggled between non-displaying and displaying states based on a specific signal, utilizing a recognizing module and main control system, along with driving chips and a sliding module to optimize sensor placement and screen utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If sensors are arranged on the display screen by cutting specific shapes (shaped screen), then sensors can be positioned on the screen, but the completeness of the displaying area is sacrificed and manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the recognizing module from the display surface (2D plane) to the space behind the display screen (3D depth dimension). This allows sensors to be positioned without cutting the display area, maintaining displaying area completeness while achieving sensor placement flexibility through the additional spatial dimension.
Solution Approach 2:
The recognizing module is nested within the display device structure, specifically positioned in the space between the display screen and the housing. This nesting approach allows sensor integration without compromising the display area, as the sensors occupy a different spatial layer rather than the display surface.
2Adaptability or versatility
If sensors are arranged on the display screen by cutting specific shapes, then sensors can be positioned on the screen, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By relocating the recognizing module to the space behind the display screen rather than cutting the display area, the patent eliminates complex shaping and cutting processes. This dimensional shift simplifies manufacturing, reduces material waste, and lowers production costs while maintaining sensor placement flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the recognizing module from the display screen structure and positions it independently in the space behind the display. This separation removes the need for costly display cutting and shaping operations, simplifying manufacturing while preserving the ability to position sensors flexibly.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the first displaying area is used for arranging sensors, then sensor placement is achieved, but the visual experience is affected by asymmetry
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves the symmetry issue by moving sensor placement to the third dimension (space behind the display) rather than modifying the 2D display shape. This allows the display to maintain its symmetric shape and visual appearance while sensors are positioned flexibly in the depth dimension, eliminating asymmetry concerns.
Data Source
AI summary
A display device and a display method are provided. The display device includes a display screen, and wherein the display screen includes a first displaying area and a second displaying area. The first displaying area is in a non-displaying state when a main control system receives a specific signal for driving a recognizing module, and the first displaying area is in a displaying state when the main control system does not receive the specific signal for driving the recognizing module.