Flexible Electronic Panel Openings for Stable Optical Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The light receiving effect of optical elements in flexible electronic devices is affected by changes in flexibility, impacting their functionality.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device design incorporating an electronic panel with distinct active areas of varying transmittance and a supporting plate with specific openings, allowing an optical module to be positioned under the panel and aligned with high-transmittance areas, enhancing light reception.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If optical elements are applied to flexible electronic devices, then the device can perform optical functions, but the light receiving effect is affected by changes in flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic panel is divided into a first portion with a first active area and a second portion with a second active area. The supporting plate is divided into a first opening corresponding to the first active area and a second opening corresponding to the second active area. This segmentation allows the optical module to be positioned in the first opening, maintaining stable optical alignment while the second portion can flex independently to provide flexibility to the device.
Solution Approach 2:
The first active area has a first transmittance and the second active area has a second transmittance, creating local quality differences. The supporting plate has a first opening with a first transmittance and a second opening with a second transmittance. This local quality differentiation ensures that the optical module positioned in the first opening receives optimal light transmission while allowing the second portion to flex without compromising optical performance.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device changes flexibility state, then the device can adapt to different configurations, but the alignment between optical module and panel changes
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the electronic panel into a first portion and a second portion, and the supporting plate into a first opening and a second opening, the patent creates independent flexible units. The optical module positioned in the first opening maintains its alignment with the first active area even when the second portion flexes, as the segmentation isolates the optical path from flexibility-induced misalignment.
Solution Approach 2:
The first opening acts as an intermediary structure that maintains stable optical alignment while the second portion provides flexibility. The first opening with its specific transmittance serves as a mediator between the optical module and the flexible second portion, ensuring that light transmission remains optimal regardless of the flexibility state of the second portion.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Improves light reception by maintaining optimal alignment of optical modules with high-transmittance areas, regardless of device flexibility changes, thus enhancing optical functionality.
Implementation Method 1
the first active area has a first transmittance and the second active area has a second transmittance, wherein the first transmittance is greater than the second transmittance
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AI summary
An electronic device capable of operating in a first state or in a second state includes an electronic panel, an optical module, and a supporting plate. The electronic panel has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion has a first active area and a second active area, a transmittance of the first active area is greater than a transmittance of the second active area, and the second portion is hidden from a top view in the first state and exposed from the top view in the second state. The optical module is disposed under the electronic panel and overlapped with the first active area in the first state. The supporting plate is disposed under the electronic panel, wherein the supporting plate has a first opening overlapped with the first active area and a plurality of second openings overlapped with the second portion.