Motorized Hinge Display Adjustment for Glare Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computing systems with pivotable displays and keyboards face issues with glare and display movement due to ambient lighting and user interaction, leading to discomfort and reduced usability.
Innovation Solution
A system with a hinge assembly and sensor technology that adjusts the display's opening angle based on sensor data from cameras and other sensors to minimize glare and stabilize the display during user interaction, using motorized adjustments to optimize the viewing experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the display housing is made pivotable to improve ergonomics, then user comfort is improved, but display stability deteriorates due to movement during use
Solution Approach 1:
The display housing is made dynamically adjustable through a motorized hinge assembly that allows the display to pivot between multiple positions. The system transitions from a static fixed display to a dynamic adjustable display, enabling users to optimize viewing angles for different usage scenarios while maintaining stability at each positioned state.
Solution Approach 2:
Sensors detect ambient light conditions and provide feedback to the control circuitry, which automatically adjusts the display position through the motorized hinge. This closed-loop feedback system eliminates the need for manual user adjustment while maintaining optimal display orientation and stability adaptively.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the display position is fixed to maintain stability, then display stability is improved, but glare from ambient light worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The display positioning system transitions from completely fixed to dynamically adjustable, allowing the display to pivot to optimal angles that minimize glare from ambient light sources while maintaining operational stability through motorized positioning and sensor-based automatic adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
Light sensors continuously monitor ambient lighting conditions and provide feedback to the control system, which automatically adjusts the display angle through the motorized hinge assembly to minimize glare. This feedback mechanism enables automatic adaptation to changing light conditions while maintaining display stability.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If manual adjustment mechanisms are added to reduce glare, then device complexity increases, but ease of operation worsens due to additional user interaction required
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates light sensors that automatically detect ambient lighting conditions and trigger motorized adjustment of the display position. This feedback-driven automatic adjustment eliminates the need for manual user intervention, reducing the perceived complexity for users while effectively minimizing glare through sensor-based control.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system performs self-adjustment using onboard sensors and motorized components, eliminating the need for user intervention. The system autonomously monitors light conditions and adjusts its own position to optimize viewing comfort, making the complexity invisible to the user while maintaining ease of operation.
4Ease of operation
If motorized hinge assembly is implemented to automatically adjust display, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The motorized hinge assembly integrates the motor, hinge mechanism, and control circuitry into a single unified component. This merging of functions reduces the overall system complexity by eliminating separate adjustment mechanisms and simplifying the mechanical structure while maintaining automatic adjustment capabilities that improve ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The motorized hinge assembly serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for the display, enables pivotable adjustment for ergonomics, and facilitates automatic position changes in response to sensor input. This multi-functionality consolidates several potential separate components into one universal mechanism, improving ease of operation without proportionally increasing complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system can include a display housing that includes a display; a keyboard housing that includes a keyboard, a processor and memory accessible to the processor; a sensor operatively coupled to the processor; a hinge assembly that rotatably couples the display housing and the keyboard housing; and adjustment circuitry that determines a recommended position for adjustment of the display housing with respect to the keyboard housing using sensor data generated by the sensor.