Digital Display Surface 3D Relief Patterns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital display devices, particularly liquid crystal display devices, have a boring and repetitive appearance, making it difficult to distinguish them from competitors, as they lack decorative and functional patterns that can provide a unique visual identity.
Innovation Solution
A manufacturing method for digital display devices that involves creating decorative and functional patterns of different thicknesses on the display surface, using techniques such as photolithography, photo-polymerisable resin layers, and transparent relief plates, to create a 3D effect through shadow and light reflections, enhancing the appearance and perceived depth.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If conventional digital display devices are manufactured with uniform flat surfaces, then the manufacturing process is simple and cost-effective, but the appearance is boring and repetitive, making it difficult to distinguish from competitors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by transitioning from a flat 2D display surface to a 3D surface with patterns of varying thickness. The patterns create relief structures that add vertical dimensionality, giving the display surface a three-dimensional appearance that enhances originality and distinguishes the device from conventional flat displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by creating patterns with different thicknesses at specific locations on the display surface. Instead of uniform treatment, the surface has localized variations in pattern height, where certain areas have greater thickness than others, creating visual interest and depth while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through selective application.
2Shape
If patterns of different thicknesses are created on the display surface, then a 3D effect and variable depth are achieved, enhancing visual appeal, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by preparing a mold with patterns of different thicknesses before the actual manufacturing process. The mold is pre-formed with the desired 3D pattern structures, and this prepared mold is then used to create the patterns on the display surface, simplifying the overall manufacturing process while achieving the complex 3D effect.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating a mold that replicates the desired 3D patterns. The mold contains copies of the pattern structures with varying thicknesses, and through molding or casting processes, these patterns are transferred to the display surface, enabling reproduction of complex geometries without directly fabricating each pattern individually.
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
The method provides a digital display device with a more original and luxurious appearance by creating a variable depth effect, allowing it to stand out from competitors and offering a more elaborate visual experience.
Implementation Method 1
depositing a photo-polymerisable resin layer; replicating at least one first and at least one second pattern in the photo-polymerisable resin layer by means of a mould; curing the photo-polymerisable resin layer by exposure to light radiation
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AI summary
A method for manufacturing a digital display device which includes an optically active medium disposed between at least one electrode and a corresponding counter-electrode, the optical properties of the optically active medium being modifiable by applying an electric current or voltage between the at least one electrode and the at least one corresponding counter-electrode, the digital display device including a transparent display surface through which at least one piece of information displayed by this digital display device is perceptible, the manufacturing method including the step of providing the transparent display surface of the digital display device with at least one first and one second decorative and/or functional pattern, the first pattern having a thickness different from that of the second pattern. A digital display device provided with at least one first and one second decorative and/or functional patterns whose thicknesses are not the same.

