Flexible Display Device User-Adaptive Shape Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image display devices lack the ability to dynamically adjust their display configuration based on user location and movement, limiting the sense of immersion and adaptability, especially with the integration of flexible display technology.
Innovation Solution
An image display device featuring a flexible display unit that can be bent or twisted, driven by a rear-mounted drive unit and controlled by a controller that uses cameras, microphones, and external input devices to detect user location and adjust the display accordingly, including outputting transformation information and adjusting audio output to enhance user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a flexible display unit is used to enable bending and twisting capabilities, then adaptability and user immersion are improved, but device complexity increases due to the need for drive units and control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit transitions from a static flat configuration to a dynamic configurable state, allowing it to bend and twist into curved or folded shapes based on user location and viewing conditions. This dynamic adaptability resolves the contradiction by making the display structure changeable rather than fixed.
Solution Approach 2:
The display unit is divided into multiple controllable regions or segments that can be independently manipulated by drive units. This segmentation allows different portions of the display to be adjusted separately, enabling complex configurations while maintaining manageable control through modular actuation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display unit is dynamically transformed based on user location, then user immersion and experience are improved, but the system requires complex detection and control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs cameras and/or microphones to detect user location and provides real-time feedback by adjusting the display configuration accordingly. This closed-loop feedback mechanism automatically adapts the display to user position, resolving the contradiction through automated response rather than manual control.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system autonomously detects user location and adjusts its own configuration without requiring external intervention. The drive units self-regulate the display shape based on detected user position, eliminating the need for complex manual control interfaces.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the flexible display unit is bent or twisted to match user location, then sense of immersion is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit's physical parameters such as curvature radius, bending angle, and folding degree are dynamically adjusted based on user location detection results. By controlling these parameters rather than requiring perfect static precision, the system achieves accurate display configuration adaptation.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display unit are bent or twisted to different degrees according to local requirements determined by user position. This localized adjustment allows precise control where needed while maintaining flexibility elsewhere, reducing overall manufacturing precision requirements.
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AI summary
An image display device including a main body; a flexible display unit arranged on a front side of the main body; a drive unit arranged on a rear side of the flexible display unit and configured to bend at least one part of the flexible display unit; and a controller configured to search for a user location and control the drive unit to transform the at least one part of the flexible display unit based on the searched user location.