Flexible Display Bending State Control via Sensor Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Flexible display apparatuses return to their original shape due to elasticity, making it difficult for users to maintain a desired bent state without continuous external force.
Innovation Solution
A flexible apparatus with a sensor to detect bending, a bending holder to maintain the shape, and a controller to control the bending state based on user input, allowing for storage of bending information and adjustment of bending areas, angles, and directions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a flexible display apparatus is bent by human force, then the flexible display can be manipulated into desired shapes, but the flexible display returns to its original shape due to elasticity when the applied force is not maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of the bending state using sensors before the user completes the manipulation. The controller then pre-activates the bending holder to maintain the detected bending state, so that when the user releases the flexible display, the shape is already stabilized without requiring continuous manual force.
Solution Approach 2:
The bending sensor continuously monitors the shape of the flexible display and provides feedback to the controller. The controller adjusts the bending holder's activation state based on this feedback, ensuring the holder maintains the correct bending state. This closed-loop feedback system allows the flexible display to stabilize in the desired shape automatically.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a bending holder is introduced to maintain the bending state, then the shape stability is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The bending holder is constructed using flexible holding members that can bend along with the flexible display apparatus. These thin, flexible structures provide the necessary support to maintain bending states without adding rigid, bulky components. The flexible holding members can be integrated into the existing layers of the flexible display, minimizing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bending holder is designed to maintain various different bending states (different curvature radii, bending directions, and positions) using the same basic structure. By controlling the activation state of different regions of the flexible holding members, the system can accommodate multiple shaping scenarios without requiring separate mechanisms for each state, thus reducing overall device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to easily hold and maintain the bending state of flexible display apparatuses, providing a convenient and user-friendly experience by using sensors and controllers to manage the bending state.
Implementation Method 1
a sensor configured to detect bending of the flexible apparatus
Implementation Method 2
the flexible display apparatus returns to the original shape thereof due to the elasticity of the flexible display
Data Source
AI summary
A flexible apparatus is provided. The flexible apparatus includes a sensor configured to detect bending of the flexible apparatus, a bending holder configured to maintain a bending state of the flexible apparatus, and, a controller configured to control operations of the flexible apparatus, wherein when a predetermined input is received while the flexible apparatus is manipulated, the controller controls the bending holder to maintain the bending state of the flexible apparatus.