Optical Element Concealing Multi-Screen Display Frames
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Solution Overview
Problem
The frames of multiple screens, whether flat or curved, interfere with the viewing quality when spliced together, affecting the immersive and vivid visual experience.
Innovation Solution
A multi-screen display apparatus with an optical element and fixing mechanism that positions an optical element between the screens to refract light and conceal the frames, using a fixing cord to secure the optical element, allowing it to guide light beams and minimize the perception of frames during image splicing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If multiple screens are spliced together to form a multi-screen display, then the display area and information reception capability are improved, but the frames at the splicing places interfere with viewing quality and reduce immersion
Solution Approach 1:
An optical element is introduced as an intermediary component between adjacent display screens. This optical element refracts light beams emitted from the display areas, redirecting them toward the viewer's eyes while concealing the frames and optical elements themselves. The optical element acts as a mediator that allows light transmission while blocking the visual perception of structural components, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining display area and eliminating frame interference.
Solution Approach 2:
The optical element utilizes optical properties (refraction and light guiding) to create a visual effect where the frame and optical element become imperceptible. By manipulating light paths, the optical element makes the structural components invisible to the viewer, effectively changing the visual appearance from opaque/visible to transparent/imperceptible, thereby eliminating frame interference while preserving the full display area.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If an optical element is added between screens to conceal frames, then viewing quality and immersion are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful frame structure is extracted or removed from the visible field by positioning the optical element to cover and conceal it. The optical element selectively allows light from the display area to pass through while blocking light that would reveal the frame, effectively extracting the frame from the visual perception without physically removing it from the structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The optical element serves multiple functions simultaneously: it refracts light beams to guide them toward the viewer, conceals the frame and itself from perception, and maintains the structural integrity of the multi-screen assembly. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity despite the addition of the optical element.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the optical element covers portions of the display areas to conceal frames, then frame visibility is reduced, but the covered display area is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The optical element is positioned and sized to cover only the minimal necessary area (the frame region) while allowing light from the display area to pass through via refraction. By acting as an intermediary that selectively transmits and redirects light, it conceals the frame without significantly reducing the effective display area, as the refracted light maintains the visual continuity of the display content.
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
Enhances display quality by hiding the frames and adjacent optical elements from view, providing an improved visual experience without compromising the splicing of multiple screens.
Implementation Method 1
The optical element fixed to the display screen can guide a light beam emitted from a portion of the display area covered by the optical element to a viewer's eyes
Data Source
AI summary
A multi-screen display apparatus includes two display screens, an optical element and an optical element fixing mechanism. The two display screens are arranged adjacent to each other, wherein the two display screens have an included angle. Each of the display screens has a display area and a frame surrounding the display area. The optical element is disposed between the two display screens and covers two adjacent sides of the frames of the two display screens and portions of the display areas of the two display screens. The optical element fixing mechanism includes a fixing cord, and the fixing cord is configured to fix the optical element to one of the two display screens.