Foldable Vehicle Display Structure for Adjustable Viewing Area
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle display devices lack the ability to dynamically adjust their display area and angle in response to user needs, leading to potential interference with vehicle components and reduced user convenience.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle display device comprising a first and second frame with a flexible display that can fold and unfold, utilizing elastic parts and hinges to maintain flatness and adjust the display area and angle, allowing for optimal user interaction while minimizing damage and interference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If the display area is increased to provide more information, then the display function is improved, but the display device may interfere with vehicle components or cause safety issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a flexible display that can dynamically change its area between expanded and folded states. The display transitions from a large flat state for maximum information display to a compact folded state for safety and space conservation, allowing the system to adapt between these two contradictory requirements in real-time
Solution Approach 2:
The display area parameter is changed by physically folding the flexible display material. When folded, the display area is reduced to a fraction of its expanded size, eliminating interference with vehicle components while maintaining the capability to expand to full size when needed for optimal information display
2Ease of operation
If the display area is changed according to user needs, then user convenience is improved, but the display function may deteriorate during area changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a flexible display film that can be folded and unfolded while maintaining its structural integrity and display functionality. The flexible material is designed to withstand repeated folding cycles without deteriorating, ensuring reliable operation during area changes while providing user convenience
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates support structures and tensioning mechanisms that prepare the display system for folding and unfolding actions. These pre-configured elements cushion and guide the flexible display during transitions, preventing damage and ensuring smooth, reliable area changes that maintain display function
3Ease of operation
If the display protrudes upwards to improve visibility, then user convenience is improved, but it may interfere with other vehicle components
Solution Approach 1:
The display implementation allows the flexible display to protrude upwards in an expanded state for optimal visibility and user interaction. When not in use or when space is needed, the display can be folded back, dynamically adjusting its protrusion to eliminate interference with other vehicle components while maintaining visibility when required
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables flexible adjustment of the display area and angle, enhancing user convenience by maintaining display functionality and preventing damage, while avoiding interference with vehicle components.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic body disposed between the first end of the first frame and the moving body and configured to apply elastic force to the moving body
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AI summary
A display device for a vehicle is configured to be mounted in an indoor space of the vehicle and to change a display area. The display device includes a first frame that has a first end configured to be coupled to an interior member of the vehicle, a second frame that has a first end coupled to a second end of the first frame and is configured to be rotate about the second end of the first frame, and a flexible display that is disposed at a first surface of the first frame and a first surface of the second frame and configured to fold to allow a second surface of the first frame opposite to the first surface of the first frame to overlap with a second surface of the second frame opposite to the first surface of the second frame.