Multi-Layer Display Medium for Directional Content Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing display medium struggles with visibility issues due to insufficient light transmission and difficulty in recognizing multiple pieces of information simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A display medium comprising a first and second layer, each with color and transparent regions, where light beams in different directions pass through these layers to display multiple sets of contents by mixing colors observed from various angles, and a processing device determines optimal colors for cells to enhance visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a color is applied to a plane member and divided into sub-cells with protruding members for visual recognition, then multiple pieces of information can be displayed, but the amount of light is insufficient and visibility is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional plane member to a three-dimensional layered structure. Multiple layers are stacked with color regions and transparent regions arranged in different patterns, allowing light to pass through multiple paths and combine colors in different directions, thereby displaying multiple information sets while maintaining sufficient light transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite structures combining transparent members with color regions. Each layer consists of a transparent base material with colorant regions formed thereon, creating a composite that allows both color display and light transmission. The combination of multiple such layers with different color patterns enables simultaneous display of multiple information sets with adequate brightness.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple pieces of information are displayed using color regions and transparent regions, then information density increases, but the light transmission is reduced making it hard to see
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display structure into multiple independent layers, each containing color regions and transparent regions. Each layer can be independently designed with specific color patterns, and the combination of layers creates the final multi-information display. This segmentation allows optimization of light transmission in each layer while collectively achieving high information density.
Solution Approach 2:
By stacking multiple layers in the vertical dimension, the patent increases information capacity without reducing light transmission in any single layer. Light can pass through transparent regions of different layers along multiple paths, and the vertical arrangement allows color mixing in the third dimension, enabling display of multiple information sets with maintained brightness.
3Manufacturing precision
If color regions are positioned away from edges of cells to optimize color display, then color accuracy improves, but the overall light transmission area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into multiple layers, allowing color regions in different layers to be positioned at different locations. This enables compensation for the light transmission loss in one layer through transparent regions in other layers, while maintaining precise color positioning away from edges in each individual layer for accurate color display.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent regions serve multiple functions: they allow light transmission to reach color regions in other layers, they contribute to the overall light transmission of the structure, and they enable the formation of different color patterns in different layers. This multi-functionality compensates for the reduced light transmission area caused by positioning color regions away from edges.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively displays multiple sets of contents with improved visibility by optimizing color combinations and light transmission, addressing the limitations of the existing technology.
Implementation Method 1
The light beams in the plurality of directions display a plurality of sets of contents corresponding to the plurality of directions, on a basis of parts of the first layer and the second layer through which the light beams pass
Implementation Method 2
at least one of the light beam in the first direction or the light beam in the second direction passes through the color region of the first layer and the color region of the second layer
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AI summary
A display medium 1 capable of displaying different sets of contents with light beams in a plurality of directions, includes a first layer L1 and a second layer L2 each having a color region to which a color is given. The light beams in the plurality of directions display a plurality of sets of contents corresponding to the plurality of directions, on a basis of parts of the first layer L1 and the second layer L2 through which the light beams pass.