Multi-directional Sliding Module for Portable Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile phones with integrated multiple electronic modules are bulky and inconvenient to carry due to their size and weight, as they require multiple sliding mechanisms to accommodate various input functions, limiting the reduction of thickness and size while providing different input options.
Innovation Solution
A multi-directional sliding module that allows two electronic modules to slide on a single plane in multiple directions using a dynamic sliding mechanism with magnetic forces, enabling horizontal and vertical opening, thereby reducing the device's thickness and size while maintaining various input functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If three electronic modules are stacked together to provide multiple input functions, then various input functions (display, quasi QWERTY keyboard, telephone keyboard) can be provided, but the mobile phone increases in size and weight and becomes inconvenient to carry
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the mobile phone into two main electronic modules: a first electronic module containing the display and a second electronic module containing both the quasi QWERTY keyboard and telephone keyboard. This segmentation allows multiple input functions to be provided while reducing the overall number of stacked modules from three to two, thereby decreasing weight and improving portability.
Solution Approach 2:
The second electronic module is designed with multi-functionality, integrating both the quasi QWERTY keyboard for typing and the telephone keyboard for dialing operations. This universal design allows a single module to perform multiple input functions that would traditionally require separate modules, reducing the overall device weight while maintaining versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If three electronic modules are stacked together to provide multiple input functions, then various input functions can be provided, but the mobile phone increases in size and becomes inconvenient to carry
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the electronic components into two main modules rather than three, which directly reduces the volume of the mobile phone. The first electronic module contains the display and the second electronic module contains both keyboard types, allowing for a more compact stacked configuration that maintains functionality while reducing overall device volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the quasi QWERTY keyboard and telephone keyboard into a single second electronic module. This combining of functions into one module reduces the total number of separate components and their associated volumes, thereby reducing the overall mobile phone volume while still providing multiple input functions.
3Ease of operation
If a quasi QWERTY keyboard is used to maintain standard typing habits, then user input efficiency is maintained, but the keyboard is not suitable for dialing telephone numbers
Solution Approach 1:
The second electronic module is designed with multi-functionality, integrating both the quasi QWERTY keyboard for typing operations and the telephone keyboard for dialing operations. This universal design allows the device to support both typing efficiency and dialing capability within a single module, eliminating the limitation of using only a quasi QWERTY keyboard.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention segments the keyboard functions into two distinct keyboard modules within the second electronic module: one for quasi QWERTY typing and another for telephone dialing. This segmentation allows each keyboard to be optimized for its specific function while both being available within the same electronic module, providing both typing efficiency and dialing capability.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sliding mechanisms are used to accommodate various input functions, then different input options can be provided, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the sliding mechanisms into two independent systems: a first sliding mechanism coupling the first electronic module (display) and a second sliding mechanism coupling the second electronic module (keyboards). This segmentation allows each mechanism to be simpler and more specialized, reducing overall device complexity while still providing multiple input options through the coordinated operation of these segmented mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The module effectively reduces the thickness and size of portable electronic devices by allowing two electronic modules to slide in multiple directions, enhancing stability and usability by providing both typing and mobile phone modes without the need for three stacked modules, thus improving user interaction and device portability.
Implementation Method 1
a dynamic slide using an attracting force, such as the magnetic force, to engage with the track in a part route thereof to improve the sliding stability of two electronic modules of an electronic device
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AI summary
A multi-directional sliding module for a portable device is described. The multi-directional sliding module includes a slide, a first track, and a second track. The first track and the second track are disposed on a single plane of a portable device and form a predetermined angle therebetween to allow a first electronic module sliding along at least two directions on a second electronic module of the portable device. When the first electronic module is slid out along the first track, the portable device is operated in a mobile phone mode. When the first sliding electronic module is slid out along the second track, the portable device is operated in a typing mode.