Rear Light Strip Charging Display Without Screen Wake
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users find it inconvenient to check the charging progress of a mobile terminal without lighting up the screen, as existing methods require screen illumination.
Innovation Solution
A method and terminal design featuring a light strip on the backside covered by a transparent rear cover, which emits light to indicate charging progress, allowing users to monitor charging without screen activation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the screen is lit up to check charging progress, then the user can see the charging information, but the power consumption increases and user convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The charging progress display function is extracted from the main screen and implemented as an independent light strip on the back side of the terminal. This allows the charging information to be displayed separately without requiring the main screen to be activated, thereby reducing power consumption while maintaining information visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
A transparent rear cover is introduced as an intermediary element that allows light from the light strip to pass through to the user. This mediator enables the charging progress to be visible from the back side without requiring the main screen to be lit up, solving the contradiction between information visibility and power consumption.
2Loss of information
If the screen is lit up to check charging progress, then the user can see the charging information, but the operation convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The charging progress display function is extracted from the main screen and implemented as an independent light strip on the back side of the terminal. This allows the charging information to be displayed separately without requiring the main screen to be activated, thereby improving user convenience while maintaining information visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of displaying charging progress on the front screen as conventionally done, the display is inverted to the back side of the terminal using a light strip and transparent cover. This inversion allows users to check charging progress without needing to wake or light up the main screen, significantly improving ease of operation.
3Ease of operation
If a light strip is added to the back side for charging display, then the user convenience improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The light strip is integrated into the back side structure of the terminal and combined with the transparent rear cover. This merging approach allows the charging display function to be added without significantly increasing overall device complexity, as the light strip and transparent cover work together as an integrated assembly.
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
Enables users to intuitively and conveniently track charging progress without screen illumination, reducing power consumption and improving user experience.
Implementation Method 1
a light strip and a transparent rear cover... the light strip is configured to emit light
Data Source
AI summary
A method for charging progress display is applied to display of a charging progress of a terminal, a light strip and a transparent rear cover are provided on a back side of the terminal, and the transparent rear cover entirely covers the back side of the terminal provided with the light strip, the back side opposites to a display screen of the terminal, the light strip is configured to emit light, and the transparent rear cover allows the light emitted by the light strip to pass through. The method for charging progress display include the following. When the terminal is charging, a charging progress of the terminal is acquired; and the light strip is controlled to emit light according to the charging progress to show the charging progress.