Movable Sub-Display and Electronic Module for Sensor Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices face challenges in maintaining display efficiency and sensor performance, particularly when switching between modes, as the sensor or camera functions are compromised due to overlapping areas on the display panel, leading to deteriorated image quality and functionality.
Innovation Solution
The electronic device employs a dual-mode operation system with a display panel featuring a main part and a sub-display part, along with an electronic module positioned below, which can change positions to overlap either the opening area or the display area, utilizing a driving device to adjust the sub-display part and electronic module's placement, ensuring synchronized image display and maintaining sensor or camera functionality without luminance loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the electronic module is disposed below the display panel in a fixed position, then the device structure is simple, but the sensor or camera performance is deteriorated due to overlapping areas on the display panel
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic module and sub-display part are made movable relative to the main display area through a driving device, allowing dynamic repositioning between different operational modes. This enables the system to switch between displaying a single image across the entire surface (improving display efficiency) and positioning the electronic module to overlap the opening area (improving sensor performance), thus resolving the contradiction between fixed structural simplicity and performance requirements.
2Productivity
If the sub-display part is always positioned to overlap the opening area, then display efficiency is improved, but the electronic module cannot function effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs a driving device that enables dynamic switching between two operational modes: in the first mode, the sub-display part overlaps the opening area to maximize display efficiency; in the second mode, the electronic module is repositioned to overlap the opening area to ensure proper sensor or camera function. This dynamic reconfiguration resolves the contradiction by allowing the system to optimize for either display efficiency or electronic module functionality as needed.
3Device complexity
If the display panel uses a single image display across the entire surface, then the display structure is simplified, but the sensor or camera functionality is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a movable configuration where the electronic module and sub-display part can be repositioned relative to the main display area. When a single image display across the entire surface is desired, the system can switch to positioning the electronic module to overlap the opening area, ensuring sensor functionality is not compromised. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the system to maintain simplified display structures while preserving sensor or camera functionality when needed.
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AI summary
An electronic device operates in a first mode and a second mode and includes: a display panel including a min part on which an opening area and a display area surrounding the opening area are defined, and a sub-display part disposed below the main part; and an electronic module disposed below the display panel. In the first mode, the sub-display part is disposed below and overlaps the opening area in a plan view, and in the second mode, the electronic module is disposed below and overlaps the opening area in the plan view.