Selective Transmission Housing for Protected Display Readability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for displaying information on electronic components in vehicles often result in unreadable data due to dirt or damage on the surface of the display part, as the display is typically provided on the outside of the housing.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a housing that includes a selective transmission member allowing ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light to pass through, with a display part inside the housing that can be read using light emitted from outside and passing through the transmission member.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the display part is provided on the outside of the housing, then the information is easily accessible, but the display surface is susceptible to dirt and damage making information unreadable
Solution Approach 1:
The display part is nested inside the housing rather than being exposed on the outside. The housing structure encloses the display part, protecting it from environmental factors while still allowing information to be read through the transmission member. This nesting arrangement resolves the contradiction by placing the display part within the protective enclosure of the housing.
Solution Approach 2:
A transmission member is introduced as an intermediary between the external environment and the display part. This transmission member allows light to pass through for reading information while providing a protective barrier. The intermediary element enables both protection of the display part and maintainability of readability functionality.
2Reliability
If the display part is placed inside the housing, then the surface is protected from dirt and damage, but light cannot easily reach the display part for reading information
Solution Approach 1:
The transmission member is designed with specific optical properties that allow it to be transparent to certain wavelengths of light while maintaining protection. By selecting materials with appropriate transmission characteristics, the housing allows light to pass through efficiently to the display part while still providing protective enclosure.
Solution Approach 2:
The optical parameters of the housing material are optimized to balance protection and light transmission. By adjusting the transmission characteristics of the transmission member, the system achieves both surface protection and sufficient light reach for information reading.
3Measurement precision
If a transmission member with selective transparency is used, then information reading accuracy is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transmission member serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural enclosure for protection, acts as a protective barrier, and enables optical transmission for reading information. By making the transmission member multi-functional, the patent avoids adding separate components, thus managing device complexity while achieving improved reading accuracy through selective transparency.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration allows for easy and accurate reading of information from the display part, as the surface is protected from dirt and damage, and the selective transparency of the transmission member ensures high accuracy in information retrieval.
Implementation Method 1
the transmission member has selective transparency having different transmittances to the light depending on a type of the light
Data Source
AI summary
An aspect of the present disclosure provides an electronic device that includes a housing in which an electronic component is disposed. At least part of the housing is configured by a transmission member that transmits at least one of ultraviolet light, visible light, and infrared light, which have different wavelengths. The housing includes therein a display part that displays information concerning the electronic device. The display part is configured to be able to read the information using any of the light that has been emitted from outside of the housing and has passed through the transmission member, and the transmission member has selective transparency having different transmittances to the light depending on a type of the light.