Segmented Rear Cover for Shape-Varying Display Modules
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display apparatuses lack a flexible rear cover structure that can adapt to shape variations of display modules, limiting their ability to provide enhanced sensory immersion and efficient power consumption.
Innovation Solution
A rear cover with divided sections defined by divided portions, allowing it to vary shape in sync with the display module, reducing the force required for shape change and minimizing power consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a rear cover with divided sections is used, then the shape variation capability is improved and power consumption is reduced, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rear cover is divided into multiple divided sections separated by divided portions, allowing each section to move independently during shape variation. This segmentation enables the rear cover to adapt to different display module shapes while reducing the force required for each individual section to move, thereby lowering power consumption despite the increased structural complexity
2Ease of manufacture
If a rigid rear cover structure is used, then the manufacturing simplicity is improved, but the shape adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The rear cover transitions from a static rigid structure to a dynamic structure with divided sections that can move relative to each other. The divided portions act as flexible joints that allow the rear cover to change shape dynamically to match the display module configuration, while still maintaining relatively simple manufacturing processes for each individual section
3Stability of the object's composition
If a unified rear cover design is used, then the structural stability is improved, but the shape variability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the rear cover into multiple sections connected by divided portions, the structure achieves both stability and variability. Each divided section maintains its structural integrity and stability, while the collection of sections can vary in configuration to achieve different overall shapes, resolving the contradiction between structural stability and shape variability
Data Source
AI summary
A display apparatus includes a display module for displaying an image, a variable member for varying a shape of the display module, and a rear cover disposed at a rear surface of the display module and varying with the varying shape of the display module.