Modular Appliance Display Layout for Seamless Wide-Screen Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic control and display systems for appliances, such as ovens, often require high-cost, specially engineered displays with unique formats, which are costly and inflexible, limiting their configurability and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A modular control and display system with multiple interactive display units positioned proximate to each other and separated by inactive zones, connected to a computing device that integrates information to provide a continuous flow, giving the appearance of a single interactive display, while allowing for independent control and customization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If a single wide-screen interactive display is used, then the appearance of a continuous display is achieved, but the cost and manufacturing complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into multiple separate display modules (first display module, second display module, third display module) positioned in different apertures of the frame. Each module can be manufactured and assembled independently, reducing manufacturing complexity and cost while creating the appearance of a continuous wide-screen display when viewed together.
2Ease of manufacture
If multiple separate display modules are used, then manufacturing flexibility and cost are improved, but the appearance of a single continuous display is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
Inactive zones are introduced as intermediary elements between the separate display modules. These inactive zones are positioned in the frame structure between adjacent display modules and are configured to be substantially invisible or blend with the display content, thereby mediating the visual transition between separate modules to create the perception of a continuous display.
3Shape
If inactive zones are introduced between display modules, then the appearance of continuity is improved, but the overall display area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The inactive zones are designed with local quality characteristics that make them substantially invisible or visually blend with adjacent display content. By making the inactive zones imperceptible or contextually integrated, the reduction in total display area is minimized while maintaining the visual continuity effect across the modular display system.
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AI summary
A control and display system for an appliance that includes a first interactive display for providing a first electronic control interface, at least one other interactive display for providing an additional electronic control interface and which is positioned proximate the first interactive display, and at least one inactive zone between the first interactive display and the at least one other interactive display. The interactive displays are configured to provide a continuous flow of common information across the inactive zones to give the appearance of a single interactive display.