Rotating Display Mount With Counterbalance for Orientation Switching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional computing devices are limited in facilitating collaborative work due to cumbersome and hazardous adjustments required when switching between vertical and horizontal orientations, disrupting the user experience and limiting functionality.

Innovation Solution

A display system with a movable connection mechanism that allows for 90° rotation between horizontal and vertical orientations, featuring a pivot point translation of at least 10 mm, dampened movement, counterbalance force, and torque application to stabilize the display in either position, enabling smooth transitions between orientations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the display is rotated between vertical and horizontal orientations using a conventional display support, then the display can be reoriented for different use cases, but the adjustment process becomes cumbersome and hazardous

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay orientationVSAvoidadjustment process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The display support transitions from a static structure to a dynamic one with movable components. The arm can rotate between vertical and horizontal orientations, and the pivot point can translate along the arm, enabling smooth transitions between different display orientations without cumbersome adjustments

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

A counterbalance mechanism is implemented to offset the weight of the display during rotation. This counterbalance force reduces the effort required to move the display between orientations and prevents the display from falling, making the adjustment process safe and easy

Inventive Principle:

Principle #8Anti-weight (Counterweight)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the display support requires multiple adjustments to switch orientations, then the display can be repositioned, but the user experience is interrupted and functionality is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay repositioningVSAvoidadjustment time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system prepares for orientation changes in advance by having the pivot point ready to translate along the arm as rotation begins. This preliminary positioning of components enables smooth, continuous transitions without interruption, eliminating the need for multiple separate adjustment steps

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The display support is divided into separable functional components: a rotatable arm and a movable pivot point. This segmentation allows the pivot point to independently translate along the arm during rotation, enabling complex repositioning through coordinated simple movements that occur simultaneously

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If the display is moved between orientations on a conventional support, then reorientation is achieved, but the process is hazardous and requires multiple adjustments

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveorientation switchingVSAvoidsafety

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The counterbalance mechanism continuously supports the display weight during the entire rotation process, preventing the display from falling or becoming unstable. This makes the reorientation process safe and reliable, eliminating hazards associated with conventional manual adjustment methods

Inventive Principle:

Principle #8Anti-weight (Counterweight)

Solution Approach 2:

The dynamic design allows the display support to adapt continuously during orientation changes. The movable pivot point and rotatable arm work together to maintain proper support and alignment throughout the rotation, ensuring safety and reliability rather than requiring discrete, potentially hazardous adjustment steps

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

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 seamless rotation and translation of the display without interrupting the user experience, maintaining a constant external reference frame for visual information, and allowing intuitive interaction in various orientations with reduced torque requirements.

Implementation Method 1

the connection mechanism may include a counterbalance device that applies a counterbalance force to counterbalance a gravitational force

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectCounterbalance force: Gravitation

Implementation Method 2

a dampening device that applies a dampening torque to the connection mechanism to dampen a speed of rotation of the connection mechanism

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectDampening: Damping

Data Source

PatentEP3776138B1Systems and methods of displaying visual information on a multipositional display

Publication Date: 2024.11.27 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

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AI summary

A method of presenting visual information to a user includes detecting a position of a display relative to a surrounding environment, detecting movement of the display relative to the surrounding environment in real time, and updating a presentation of visual information on the display relative to a virtual reference frame updated in real time based upon the movement of the display relative to the surrounding environment.