Modular Interactive Display Assembly With Single-Cable Interconnect
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of numerous cables connecting various components in interactive information systems leads to inefficiencies in manufacturing, maintenance, and assembly, increasing labor costs and inefficiency.
Innovation Solution
An interactive information system design where the interactive module and control module are electrically coupled via a single internal cable, which transmits both electrical signals and power, simplifying the system by consolidating multiple connections into a single cable, and allowing for interchangeable internal cables to reduce cable clutter and improve assembly/disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If multiple separate cables are used to connect various components (display module, touch input module, control module), then each component can be independently connected and controlled, but the system complexity increases and manufacturing/maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate cables (display cable, touch cable, power cable) into a single integrated internal cable that transmits all signals and power between the interactive module and control module. This merging eliminates cable clutter, reduces assembly complexity, and lowers manufacturing costs while maintaining all necessary functional connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The internal cable is designed as a multi-functional universal connector that simultaneously handles display signals, touch input signals, and power transmission. This single cable replaces multiple specialized cables, simplifying the system architecture and improving ease of manufacture and maintenance.
2Productivity
If multiple separate cables are used for connecting components, then each connection can be optimized for its specific function, but labor costs and assembly time increase
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple cable functions into one integrated internal cable, the assembly process is simplified from connecting multiple separate cables to installing a single cable. This directly increases productivity by reducing assembly steps and time while the single-cable design reduces device complexity.
3Ease of repair
If multiple cables are used to connect the interactive module and control module, then signal transmission can be optimized for each type, but maintenance and repair difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integration of all cable functions into a single internal cable simplifies maintenance and repair. Instead of diagnosing and replacing multiple separate cables, technicians only need to handle one cable, significantly improving ease of repair while the standardized single-cable configuration reduces device complexity.
4Device complexity
If a single internal cable is used to connect interactive module and control module, then cable complexity is reduced and assembly is simplified, but the cable must transmit multiple signal types simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The internal cable is designed as a universal multi-functional connector that can simultaneously transmit display signals, touch input signals, and power. This design maintains adaptability and versatility by handling all signal types through a single integrated cable, while simplifying the overall cable system structure.
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
This design reduces cable complexity, lowers manufacturing and maintenance costs, and simplifies the assembly and disassembly process by using a single internal cable for inter-frame signals, enhancing efficiency and reducing labor costs.
Implementation Method 1
a first internal cable connecting the first interactive module bridge board and the control module and configured to transmit the plurality of inter-frame signals between the first frame and the second frame
Implementation Method 2
The first internal cable is further configured to transmit power to the first interactive module bridge board, and the first interactive module bridge board is configured to transmit power to the first display module and the first touch input module
Data Source
AI summary
An interactive information system is disclosed. The interactive information system includes (i) an interactive module arranged in a first frame including a display module displaying a graphic user interface (GUI), a touch input module receiving a user input to the GUI, and an interactive module bridge board transmitting inter-frame signals including electrical signals of the display module and the touch input module, (ii) a control module arranged in a second frame to generate the GUI and to perform a function of the interactive information system based on the user input, and (iii) an internal cable connecting the interactive module bridge board and the control module to transmit inter-frame signals between the first frame and the second frame. The internal cable is further to transmit power to the interactive module bridge board which transmits power to the display module and the touch input module.