Flexible Display Member for Modular Deployable Screen
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable display apparatuses are cumbersome to transport and deploy, and they are not versatile enough to form screens of desired sizes or easily adapt to various circumstances.
Innovation Solution
A modular deployable display unit with a flexible electronic display member that can be configured between a deployed and stowed state, connected to additional units, and powered by an electrical cable, allowing for easy transportation and quick deployment in various configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If rigid supporting strips are used to support the display, then structural stability is improved, but weight and ease of transport deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces rigid supporting strips with a flexible support member that can be wound into a compact configuration for transport and deployed when needed. This flexible member maintains structural stability during use while enabling lightweight, portable transport, directly resolving the contradiction between structural stability and ease of transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The support member transitions from a static rigid structure to a dynamic flexible structure that can change between wound and deployed states. This dynamic capability allows the system to optimize between compactness during transport and structural stability during operation, eliminating the need for heavy rigid components.
2Ease of operation
If the display apparatus is made portable and flexible, then ease of transport is improved, but structural stability and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible support member with integrated LED modules maintains reliability by providing sufficient structural support in its deployed state while enabling easy transport when wound. The flexibility itself becomes the mechanism for achieving both portability and adequate structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display is divided into modular segments that can be independently supported by the flexible member. This segmentation allows each module to be lightweight and portable while collectively providing stable display structure when deployed, resolving the contradiction between portability and structural reliability.
3Productivity
If the display can be quickly deployed, then productivity is improved, but the complexity of the deployment mechanism increases
Solution Approach 1:
The deployment mechanism utilizes the natural elastic properties of the flexible support member, allowing quick deployment through simple unwinding actions rather than complex mechanical assemblies. The dynamic flexibility of the material itself provides the deployment mechanism, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining fast deployment speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible support member's inherent elastic memory allows it to self-expand to its deployed configuration when released, minimizing the need for complex external deployment mechanisms. The material itself performs the deployment function through its elastic recovery, simplifying the overall system while enabling rapid deployment.
Data Source
AI summary
This invention covers a display system which includes modular deployable display units, a stand, a power source, a data input device and a display support. Each unit includes a housing, a spool assembly, a flexible electronic display member, an electrical cable and a connecting system for connecting the units to the stand and for physically connecting the units to one another, in an end to end arrangement. The assembly is mounted within the housing and includes a spool having opposite ends, to which the spool is rotatably mounted. The flexible member includes LEDs for displaying a programmable message. The flexible member has an end coupled to the spool and is displaceable between a wound configuration where the member is wound onto the spool and an unwound configuration where the member is unwound from the spool. A free end of the member is coupled to the support for displaying the message.