Movable Display Assembly Sliding Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Handheld electronic communication devices face space constraints for user input and output, requiring innovative solutions to optimize screen content and functionality while maintaining portability.
Innovation Solution
A movable display assembly with a touch-sensitive overlay, connected to the device body via a sliding and pivotal mechanism, allowing for different form factors and enabling the display to cover or expose input devices, with sensors to activate touch-sensitive functionality based on position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display assembly is made movable to provide multiple form factors, then adaptability and versatility are improved, but device complexity increases due to the sliding and pivotal mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The display assembly is made dynamically movable between different positions (first position covering input devices, second position exposing input devices) through a sliding and pivotal mechanism, allowing the device to adapt between different form factors and usage modes, transforming a static structure into a dynamic one that can change configuration based on user needs
Solution Approach 2:
The display assembly is separated as an independent movable component from the device body, allowing it to be positioned independently in different configurations. This segmentation enables the display assembly to move relative to the input devices and other components, facilitating multiple form factors while maintaining modular design
2Area of stationary object
If the display assembly covers input devices to optimize screen space, then screen visibility is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to reduced access to physical input devices
Solution Approach 1:
The display assembly's position is made dynamic and adjustable, allowing users to switch between covering the input devices (for maximum screen visibility) and exposing the input devices (for ease of operation). This dynamic reconfiguration resolves the contradiction by allowing the system to adapt to different operational needs rather than being fixed in one state
Solution Approach 2:
The display assembly serves multiple functions: it acts as both a display component and a movable cover for the input devices. By integrating the covering function into the display assembly's movement capability, the system achieves multi-functionality that resolves the trade-off between screen visibility and input accessibility
3Reliability
If sensors are added to detect display position and activate touch functionality, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional sensing components
Solution Approach 1:
Sensors are integrated into the display assembly to detect its position relative to the device body and provide feedback signals to the processor. This feedback mechanism enables the system to automatically activate or deactivate touch-sensitive functionality based on the display assembly's position, ensuring reliable operation without requiring manual user configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor system automatically detects the display assembly's position and triggers the appropriate functionality (touch-sensitive or non-touch-sensitive mode) without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by using the sensors to monitor its own state and make appropriate functional adjustments, reducing the need for complex manual control mechanisms
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AI summary
A handheld electronic communication device includes a body including an input device and a display assembly including a display. The display assembly is connected to the body and moveable relative to the body, between a first position in which a first portion of the display is covered by the body and a second portion of the display is exposed, and a second position in which the display assembly is displaced such that the first portion of the display and the second portion of the display are exposed and the display assembly is generally flush with the body.