Modular Display Stand With Position-Tracking Display Assemblies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Peripheral displays have complex designs that are not upgradeable or repairable, leading to premature disposal and environmental harm due to unsustainable materials and manufacturing processes, with modularity and ease of recycling being difficult to achieve.
Innovation Solution
A dematerialized display stand design with fewer components made of common materials, featuring a single sliding member, hinge support, and modular pivot assembly that facilitates easy assembly and disassembly for improved recycling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If traditional peripheral display designs are used, then display functionality is achieved, but design complexity increases and modularity decreases making repair and recycling difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into separate modular components: a display assembly containing the display panel and control circuitry, and a standalone display stand with positioning sensors. This segmentation allows independent manufacturing, repair, and recycling of each module, reducing overall design complexity while improving manufacturability and sustainability.
Solution Approach 2:
The display stand is designed as a universal platform that can support multiple different display assemblies through standardized coupling mechanisms. The stand includes sensor systems and control logic that work with various display types, enabling one stand to serve multiple functions and reducing the need for proprietary integrated designs.
2Ease of repair
If display components are integrated into a fixed assembly, then structural stability is maintained, but upgradeability and repairability are lost leading to premature disposal
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into separate modular components: a display assembly containing the display panel and control circuitry, and a standalone display stand with positioning sensors. This segmentation allows independent manufacturing, repair, and recycling of each module, reducing overall design complexity while improving manufacturability and sustainability.
Solution Approach 2:
The display assembly couples to the display stand through a standardized interface where the display assembly can be attached and detached. This nested coupling allows the display panel to be replaced or upgraded while maintaining the stand structure, preserving assembly integrity while enabling repairability and upgradeability.
3Productivity
If multiple display assemblies are supported on a single stand, then space efficiency improves, but tracking each display position becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Each display assembly includes its own positioning sensor that autonomously detects its position on the display stand and communicates this information to the information handling system. This self-service approach eliminates the need for a complex centralized tracking system, allowing multiple displays to be supported on a single stand while keeping position tracking simple and scalable.
Data Source
AI summary
An information handling system peripheral display has plural display assemblies coupled to stand supports of a display stand to present visual images a display panel included in each display assembly. Sensors, such as an eye tracker sensor or a mouse cursor presentation location, are applied to analyze end user interaction at each display panel and selectively dim and/or turn off brightness at each display panel. A contact pad at the rear of each display assembly interfaces with a contact pins of each display support to determine the location of the display assembly at the display stand and the rotational orientation of the display assembly.