Flexible Display Support Component for Hand-Size Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile electronic devices often struggle to match the size of a user's hand, leading to usability issues due to their fixed dimensions, which can result in accidental drops and suboptimal user experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device design featuring a display screen with a flexible area supported by a shape-changing support component, allowing the device to adjust its size to fit the user's hand, along with a control method that adjusts display strategies based on the bending angle of the flexible area to enhance usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display screen includes a flexible area that can deform, then the device can adjust its size to match user's hand, but the structural complexity increases due to the support component and control system
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen transitions from a fixed rigid structure to a dynamic flexible structure that can change its shape and size. The flexible area allows the screen to deform and the support component adjusts its shape accordingly, enabling the device to adapt its size to different user hand sizes while maintaining structural integrity through dynamic adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a flexible area within the display screen that can deform, utilizing flexible materials and thin-film structures. This flexible region works in conjunction with the support component to enable size adjustment, allowing the device to conform to different user requirements while keeping the overall structure manageable through selective flexibility rather than complete structural redesign.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the support component changes shape to support the flexible area during deformation, then the flexible area can deform properly, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support component is designed to automatically change shape in response to the flexible area's deformation without requiring complex external control mechanisms. The support structure inherently adapts to the flexible area's state, providing self-regulating support that reduces the need for additional sensors, actuators, or control systems while maintaining proper deformation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The support component acts as an intermediary between the flexible area and the rigid body structure. It mediates the deformation process by providing adaptive support that allows the flexible area to deform properly while transferring appropriate forces to the rigid structure, thus enabling flexible deformation without directly complicating the overall device architecture.
3Ease of operation
If the control method adjusts display strategy based on bending angle, then the display effect is optimized for different hand sizes, but the measurement and control system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The control method utilizes feedback from the bending angle measurement to dynamically adjust the display strategy. The angle measurement assembly provides real-time information about the flexible area's deformation state, and the control system uses this feedback to optimize display parameters such as resolution, refresh rate, or content layout, thereby improving usability for different hand sizes through adaptive response rather than pre-programmed settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The display strategy is adjusted by changing display parameters based on the measured bending angle. As the flexible area deforms to different extents, the system modifies display parameters such as pixel density, color calibration, or interface layout to maintain optimal display quality across different device configurations, enabling usability optimization through parameter adaptation rather than hardware complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device includes a body, a display screen, and a support component. The display screen includes a first portion and a second portion. A display screen surface of the first portion covers the body, and the second portion includes a flexible area. The support component is connected to a display screen surface of the flexible area. The support component is configured to change shape as the flexible area deforms to support the flexible area.