Rotatable Display Apparatus with Graduated Joints
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current laptop computers do not allow the keyboard or pointing device to be maintained in a horizontal position when the display is in portrait orientation, limiting user input convenience in both landscape and portrait orientations.
Innovation Solution
A rotatable display apparatus with a supporting member that allows the display to pivot between landscape and portrait orientations, maintaining the keyboard in a horizontal position through graduated joints providing frictional resistance to stabilize intermediate positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If the display is positioned in portrait orientation, then the display area for viewing content is improved, but the keyboard cannot be maintained in a horizontal position for easy user input
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting member is designed to be rotatable, allowing the display to dynamically change between landscape and portrait orientations. This dynamic capability enables the system to adapt to different usage scenarios, providing full display area in portrait mode while maintaining keyboard accessibility through the rotatable mechanism that allows repositioning.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display is rotatable between orientations, then the versatility of the device is improved, but the device complexity increases due to the rotatable supporting member mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting member is divided into multiple segments or sections that can rotate relative to each other. This segmentation allows the complex rotatable function to be broken down into simpler rotational joints, making the mechanism more manageable and easier to implement while achieving the desired orientation flexibility.
3Ease of operation
If the display is rotated to portrait orientation, then the viewing capability is improved, but display corners may impact surfaces during rotation
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable supporting member mechanism is designed with preliminary protective features that prevent display corners from impacting surfaces during rotation. This may include guide structures, limiting stops, or protective elements built into the rotation mechanism that proactively prevent harmful contact before it can occur.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to easily input data in either orientation by keeping the keyboard horizontal while viewing content in both landscape and portrait modes, preventing display corners from impacting surfaces during rotation.
Implementation Method 1
graduated joints providing frictional resistance to stabilize intermediate positions
Data Source
AI summary
A display apparatus, comprising a display having a longitudinal edge and a latitudinal edge, where the longitudinal edge is longer than the latitudinal edge, a first supporting member having an upper end portion rotatably coupled to the display and a lower end portion rotatably coupled to a base, wherein the display is configured to be rotatable between a first position in which the longitudinal edge is substantially in parallel with the base and a second position in which the longitudinal edge is substantially perpendicular to the base.