Pivoting Display Panel Supports for Ridge Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display panels face challenges in providing a novel, convenient, useful, or reliable solution that allows for efficient bending and minimizes the formation of multiple ridges or uneven curvature.
Innovation Solution
The display panel incorporates a design with a display region divided into belt-like regions, supported by first and second supports that can pivot, allowing for controlled bending that restricts the formation of multiple ridges and ensures a reliable display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display region is made flexible to enable bending, then adaptability and portability are improved, but multiple ridges and uneven curvature may form during bending
Solution Approach 1:
The display region is divided into multiple regions (first region, second region, third region) with different structural characteristics. The first and second regions have support structures that provide differential support, segmenting the bending behavior to control ridge formation in the third region.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display panel are given different structural properties. The first and second regions have support structures (first support and second support) that provide localized reinforcement, while the third region remains more flexible. This local quality differentiation enables controlled bending with minimal ridge formation.
2Shape
If support structures are added to control bending, then ridge formation is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structures are extracted as separate components (first support and second support) that can be independently designed and positioned. This allows the bending control function to be separated from the display region itself, simplifying the overall design while achieving the desired bending uniformity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structures are designed to be flexible rather than rigid, allowing them to dynamically adapt to bending forces. This dynamic flexibility enables the supports to control ridge formation without requiring complex rigid mechanical structures.
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AI summary
A novel display panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a display region, a first support, and a second support, the display region includes a first region, a second region, and a third region, the first region and the second region each have a belt-like shape extending in one direction, and the third region is sandwiched between the first region and the second region. The first support overlaps with the first region and is less likely to be warped than the third region, and the second support overlaps with the second region and is less likely to be warped than the third region. The second support can pivot on an axis extending in the one direction with respect to the first support.