Flexible Display Deformation via Pressing Member
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable electronic devices with flexible displays have limited and inconvenient user interfaces due to their fixed nature, restricting user interaction and information presentation.
Innovation Solution
A portable electronic device featuring a flexible display unit that can be deformed in a convex or concaved manner, utilizing an elastically-deformable supporting member and a pressing member controlled by a controller to change shape and deform the display unit, allowing for enhanced user interaction and information presentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a flexible display unit is used in a portable electronic device, then the display can be bent or folded to enable novel body configurations, but the user interface becomes limited and inconvenient due to the fixed nature of the display
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit transitions from a fixed flat state to a dynamically deformable state through the pressing member mechanism. The controller activates the pressing member to deform the flexible display unit into convex or concaved shapes, enabling the user interface to adapt its form factor while maintaining operational functionality throughout the transformation.
Solution Approach 2:
The physical shape parameter of the flexible display unit is changed from flat to convex or concaved through controlled deformation. This parameter change enables new interaction modes and information presentation formats while preserving the display's flexibility and adaptability.
2Ease of operation
If the flexible display unit is deformed into convex or concaved shapes, then user interaction and information presentation are enhanced, but the device complexity increases due to additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The pressing member is disposed within the portable electronic device structure, nested between the flexible display unit and the device housing. This nesting approach allows the deformation mechanism to be integrated into the existing device architecture without significantly increasing external dimensions or overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible display unit itself serves as the deformable element, utilizing its inherent flexibility to change shape without requiring rigid mechanical structures. This approach maintains device compactness while enabling complex shape transformations through the interaction between the flexible display and the pressing member.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables a more intuitive and versatile user interface by allowing the flexible display to change shape, improving user interaction and information presentation capabilities.
Implementation Method 1
an elastically-deformable supporting member disposed below the flexible display unit and configured to be deformed together with the flexible display unit
Data Source
AI summary
A portable electronic device including a flexible display unit; an elastically-deformable supporting member disposed below the flexible display unit and configured to be deformed together with the flexible display unit; a pressing member disposed below the supporting member and configured to change shape; and a controller electrically-connected to the pressing member and configured to control the pressing member to change shape and press against the pressing member to deform the supporting member together with the flexible display unit.