Rollable OLED Extension Control With Adaptive Image Resizing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Rollable OLED systems lack user control over screen extension distance and automated image adjustment, resulting in fixed displayed image sizes that do not adapt to varying extension lengths.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating a processor and memory in the OLED system to enable user customization of rollable screen extensions, allowing users to control the extension range and adjust the image size based on sensor feedback and user preferences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the rollable OLED screen extension is extended to a fixed maximum distance, then the displayed image size remains fixed, but the user cannot control the extension distance or adjust the image size accordingly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveextension distance controlVSAvoidsystem structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic control of the rollable OLED screen extension distance through a processor that receives user input and adjusts the extension range accordingly. The system transitions from a fixed maximum extension to a dynamically adjustable extension distance, allowing users to control the screen extension based on their needs while maintaining system adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of extension distance from a fixed value to a variable parameter that can be adjusted by users. The processor modifies the extension distance parameter based on user input, enabling flexible control over both the extension distance and the corresponding image size displayed on the screen.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If the displayed image size is fixed at maximum extension, then the image quality is optimized, but the image cannot be automatically adjusted when the extension distance changes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage size adjustmentVSAvoidautomated image adjustment
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the processor monitors the actual extension distance of the rollable OLED screen and automatically adjusts the displayed image size based on this feedback. The system continuously receives information about the extension state and modifies the image parameters accordingly, creating a closed-loop control system that adapts to changing extension distances.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent prepares multiple image size configurations in advance, and the processor selects the appropriate pre-configured image size based on the detected extension distance. This preliminary preparation of different image sizes allows for quick automatic adjustment without real-time processing delays, improving the responsiveness of the image adaptation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If the rollable OLED screen extension is designed with fixed functionality, then the manufacturing is simplified, but the system lacks user customization options

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser control capabilityVSAvoidsystem configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent designs the rollable OLED screen system with universal control capabilities that can serve multiple functions. The same processor and control mechanism that manage the extension motor also handle image size adjustment and user input processing, allowing a single system configuration to provide comprehensive user customization without requiring separate dedicated components for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12002390B2Rollable OLED with custom extension
Publication Date: 2024.06.04 LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
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AI summary

Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for enabling a rollable OLED screen extension with custom extension. An apparatus includes an OLED screen capable of rendering an OLED image, a first rollable OLED screen extension, a processor, and coupled to the processor, a memory that stores code executable by the processor to enable a user to customize a range of extension of the first rollable OLED screen extension in a first direction.