Hinged Display Supports for Seamless LED Tile Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

The visibility of seams between LED display tiles due to misalignment and unevenness of stacking feet or supports, which compromises the seamless viewing experience of LED walls.

Innovation Solution

A support system comprising interconnected bases with a hinge mechanism that allows for adjustable alignment and height adjustment, enabling efficient alignment of multiple display elements by allowing connected supports to pivot and adjust relative to each other.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple separate stacking feet or supports are used to accommodate the width of the display, then the display can be supported, but alignment insufficiency causes visible seams and decreased viewing quality

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveviewing qualityVSAvoidalignment precision
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple separate stacking feet into a single integrated support structure with multiple contact points. This unified structure ensures consistent alignment across all display tiles by eliminating the alignment variability that occurs when using separate feet, thereby preventing visible seams and improving viewing quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of operation

If stacked displays are mounted on multiple independent feet or supports, then the display can be assembled, but alignment adjustments are time-consuming and complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealignment adjustmentVSAvoidalignment time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

By integrating multiple alignment points into a single adjustable support structure, the patent enables simultaneous adjustment of all display tiles. This eliminates the need to individually adjust each separate foot, significantly reducing alignment time and simplifying the operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Stability of the object's composition

If rigid fixed supports are used, then structural stability is achieved, but inability to compensate for surface unevenness causes misalignment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidsurface adaptation
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent incorporates adjustable elements into the support structure that allow dynamic adaptation to uneven surfaces. The support can be adjusted at multiple points to compensate for surface irregularities while maintaining structural stability, enabling both rigidity and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The support structure includes adjustable parameters such as leg lengths or contact point positions that can be modified to adapt to different surface conditions. This allows the rigid structure to compensate for surface unevenness and maintain proper display alignment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS8616509B2Support for direct light displays
Publication Date: 2013.12.31 BARCO NV
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AI summary

The present invention relates to supports for stacking multiple display elements. The supports are connected in a firm way to one another by a hinge which can, if required, be easily disconnected.