Flexible Display Image Output Area Repositioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Flexible displays rotate and bend, causing the image output area to disappear from view, leading to image quality deterioration and user inconvenience, as users must physically adjust their position or the display to regain visibility.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus with a bending measurement unit, rotation measurement unit, and controller that adjusts the image output area's position based on the display's bending and rotation degrees, as well as touch, object, and electromyographic detection, to maintain visibility and image quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the flexible display is bent or rotated, then the display can be adapted to different shapes and orientations, but the image output area disappears from user's sight and image quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic image output area positioning that automatically adjusts based on the flexible display's bending and rotation state. Sensors detect the display's orientation and the controller dynamically repositions the image output area to remain visible to the user, resolving the contradiction between adaptability to different shapes and maintaining image visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from bending and rotation sensors to continuously monitor the flexible display's state and automatically adjusts the image output area position in response. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures that image visibility is maintained despite the display being bent or rotated to different orientations.
2Device complexity
If the image output area position is fixed on the screen, then the display structure is simple, but the user must physically move to see the entire image when the display rotates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a fixed image output area to a dynamic positioning system that automatically adjusts the image position based on display orientation. This maintains relatively simple display structure while significantly improving user convenience by eliminating the need for physical movement to view the entire image.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides self-service by automatically detecting the display's rotation state and repositioning the image output area without requiring user intervention. The controller autonomously adjusts the image position to ensure full visibility, making the system self-adapting to orientation changes.
3Reliability
If the image output area is repositioned dynamically based on bending and rotation, then image visibility is maintained, but the device complexity increases due to additional sensors and control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs feedback from bending and rotation sensors to automatically control image output area positioning. This feedback mechanism maintains image visibility while managing device complexity through automated control that eliminates the need for complex manual adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces potential mechanical adjustment mechanisms with an electronic control system that uses sensor feedback to reposition the image output area. This substitution reduces mechanical complexity while maintaining the ability to adapt image position to display orientation changes.
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AI summary
The apparatus to control an image output position of a flexible display moves a position of an image output area in a screen area when the flexible display is rotated. The apparatus may include: a bending measurement unit to measure a bending degree of the flexible display; a rotation measurement unit to measure a rotation degree and a rotation direction of the flexible display; and a controller to output an image at an image output area, and move a position of the image output area.