Smart Watch Modular Display Panel Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current smart watches lack flexibility in design and functionality, particularly in terms of component replacement and customization, which limits user personalization and upgrade options.
Innovation Solution
A smart watch design featuring a display panel with a polygonal body portion and triangular corner portions that can be bent and assembled into different housings, along with a shape memory alloy and window cover, allowing for easy replacement and customization of components without additional processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display panel is designed with a fixed shape and size, then manufacturing is simplified, but design flexibility and customization options are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel is divided into a body portion and separate corner portions that can be independently removed and reconfigured. This segmentation allows the corner portions to be detached and reassigned to different housing shapes, enabling design flexibility without requiring complete panel replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The corner portions are designed to be nested within or attached to different housing configurations. The same corner portions can be reused across multiple housing shapes by nesting them into different positions, allowing one display panel to adapt to various housing designs.
2Ease of operation
If the housing area is made smaller to accommodate the display panel, then device compactness is improved, but the display panel cannot be properly assembled
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the display panel into body and corner portions, the housing only needs to accommodate the body portion, which has a smaller area than the complete rectangular display panel. This allows compact housing design while still utilizing the full display area when corner portions are attached.
Solution Approach 2:
The corner portions are positioned in a way that extends beyond the housing boundaries in certain configurations. This dimensional arrangement allows the display to utilize space outside the main housing area without requiring the housing itself to be larger.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fixed-component smart watches are used, then manufacturing is straightforward, but customization and upgrade options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel is divided into a body portion and separate corner portions that can be independently handled during manufacturing and replacement. This segmentation enables modular assembly where corner portions can be pre-manufactured and then attached to different housing configurations, simplifying the customization process.
Solution Approach 2:
The corner portions are designed as universal components that can be attached to multiple different housing shapes and sizes. This multi-functionality allows the same corner portion to serve in various configurations, enabling customization without requiring unique components for each design variant.
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 the smart watch to be manufactured in various shapes and forms, providing users with flexibility in design and functionality, and simplifies the process of replacing components, enhancing user experience and customization options.
Implementation Method 1
a shape memory alloy disposed under a lower surface of the display panel, and at least a portion of the shape memory alloy is overlapped with the one side of the body portion
Data Source
AI summary
A smart watch and a method of replacing components of the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the smart watch includes a display panel including a body portion having a polygonal shaped planar structure and a corner portion extending from one side of the body portion and being bent away from the surface of, and at the side of, the body portion. The smart watch also includes a housing disposed under the display panel and having an area that is smaller than the combined area of the body portion and the corner portion. The corner portion is defined by the one side of the body portion and two adjacent sides.