Flexible Display Panel Shape Adjustment for Multi-User Viewing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current flexible display devices lack the ability to dynamically adjust their shape and display content based on user location and number, limiting their ability to provide optimized viewing environments for multiple users.

Innovation Solution

A flexible display device with a display panel shape change mechanism that adjusts its bending axis and shape in response to input information, such as user location and number, by using a search unit to sense external conditions and control length adjustment parts to divide the display panel into regions for independent image display.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a flexible display panel is used to enable bending and folding, then the display device can provide multiple forms and viewing environments, but the device lacks the ability to dynamically adjust shape and content based on user location and number

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveability to dynamically adjust shape and contentVSAvoidcomplexity of shape adjustment mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display panel transitions from a static flat state to a dynamic bent state, allowing the device to adapt its shape based on viewing conditions. The bending capability enables the display to dynamically reconfigure its form factor to optimize viewing angles and accommodate multiple users in different positions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The display panel is divided into multiple independent display regions (first display region and second display region) that can be positioned at different locations relative to the bending axis. This segmentation allows each region to display independent content tailored to specific user groups, enabling dynamic content adjustment based on user location and number.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If the display panel is divided into multiple regions for independent image display, then optimized viewing environment for multiple users is achieved, but the control system becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveability to provide independent images to multiple usersVSAvoidcomplexity of control system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display panel is segmented into multiple independent display regions, each capable of showing different content. This allows the system to provide personalized viewing experiences for multiple users simultaneously by assigning specific content to specific regions based on user location and preferences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The display device integrates multiple functions including shape adjustment, user detection, and multi-region content display within a single system. The control unit coordinates these functions to automatically adapt the display configuration based on the number and positions of users, eliminating the need for separate control mechanisms for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the display panel is bent along a bending axis, then the display device can accommodate different viewing angles, but the image quality and clarity may be affected by the bending

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveviewing angle adjustment capabilityVSAvoidimage quality and clarity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The display panel dynamically adjusts its bending state to optimize viewing angles for different user configurations. By controlling the degree and direction of bending, the system can maintain optimal image quality while adapting to various viewing scenarios, ensuring that image clarity is preserved even when the panel is bent.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the display panel are optimized for specific viewing conditions. The first and second display regions can be positioned and oriented to provide optimal viewing quality for users at different locations, with each region's characteristics tailored to its intended viewing angle and distance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS9383776B2Display device
Publication Date: 2016.07.05 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A display device having a flexible display panel displaying an image; and a display panel shape change part setting up a bending axis crossing the flexible display panel according to input information and bending the flexible display panel along the bending axis, as the flexible display panel is bent, the flexible display panel is divided into a first region and a second region based on the bending axis.