Electroluminescent Touch Housing for UV Curing Devices
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional photocuring devices for nail art face design limitations due to high production costs and difficulty in integrating touch panels and display screens of irregular shapes, leading to complex manufacturing and aesthetic constraints.
Innovation Solution
A photocuring device featuring a housing with an electroluminescent layer and a touch layer, connected by an electrical means, allowing for a flexible and simplified display and operation interface that can be positioned anywhere on the device without shape or size restrictions, using a control module to output signals and control the device's operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a touch panel or display screen is integrated into the photocuring device, then the operation interface and display interface are improved, but the production cost is significantly increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material parameters of the housing by incorporating electroluminescent materials and conductive layers directly into the housing structure. This allows the housing to perform both structural and interface functions, eliminating the need for separate touch panels and display screens, thereby reducing production costs while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the housing structure with the interface components by integrating electroluminescent layers and conductive layers into the housing. This combination allows the housing itself to serve as both the operational interface and display interface, eliminating the need for separate components and reducing overall production costs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a touch panel or display screen of irregular or exceptionally large or small shape is used, then the design flexibility is improved, but it is difficult to manufacture
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material parameters by using electroluminescent materials and conductive layers that can be applied in various shapes and sizes. These materials can be conformally coated or printed onto the housing surface, allowing for irregular, large, or small shapes without the manufacturing constraints that would apply to rigid touch panels and display screens.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs thin film structures (electroluminescent layers and conductive layers) that can be flexibly shaped and conform to various housing geometries. These thin films can be manufactured using coating or printing techniques that accommodate irregular shapes, eliminating the rigid form factor constraints of conventional touch panels and display screens.
3Ease of manufacture
If a planar touch panel or display screen is used, then the manufacturing is simplified, but it cannot adapt to locations with a large curvature
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses thin film structures (electroluminescent layers and conductive layers) that are inherently flexible and can conform to curved surfaces. Unlike rigid planar touch panels and display screens, these thin films can be applied to locations with large curvature while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through coating or printing processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the interface layers by using materials with appropriate flexibility and adhesion properties. The electroluminescent materials and conductive layers can be formulated to maintain their functional properties on curved surfaces, enabling adaptation to various housing geometries without complicating the manufacturing process.
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 solution enables a low-cost, aesthetically versatile, and user-friendly photocuring device that can be operated easily, with a flexible interface that adapts to various shapes and sizes, enhancing operational convenience and reducing production complexity.
Implementation Method 1
the electroluminescent layer includes a semiconductor material or a phosphorescent material in order to enter an electroluminescent output state in response to an electric signal output by the control module
Implementation Method 2
an ultraviolet (UV) light module, provided in an interior of the housing and comprising at least one UV light-emitting unit directed toward the cavity
Implementation Method 3
the electrical means includes at least one electrode electrically connected to a portion of the touch layer, and the control module is connected to the electrode in order to obtain an electric signal
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides a photocuring device, comprising a housing and an ultraviolet (UV) light module, wherein the housing comprises an electroluminescent layer and/or a touch layer and a control module connected to the electroluminescent layer and/or the touch layer by an electrical means. The photocuring device of the invention not only features a low material cost and low production cost, but also allows its display interface and/or operation interface to be provided at any position of the housing of the photocuring device, without limitations in size, shape, or angle. Furthermore, the photocuring device of the invention allows its display interface and/or operation interface to be simplified as needed to facilitate operation and viewing by a manicurist or one who is receiving a manicure.