Smartphone Full-Screen Display via Side and Back Component Relocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional smartphones cannot achieve a narrow edge effect on their entire surface due to the need for reserved areas at the top and bottom for handsets and physical buttons, limiting the expansion of the display area in the Y direction.
Innovation Solution
A smartphone design featuring a back shell with a groove structure, a flexible AMOLED display module, and a transparent cover plate that allows the display to extend to the entire front surface by relocating handsets and buttons to the sides or back, creating a full-screen display without borders.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the display area is expanded in the X direction to achieve narrow edges on two sides, then the aesthetic appeal is improved, but the display area cannot be expanded in the Y direction due to reserved areas for handset and physical buttons
Solution Approach 1:
The patent relocates the handset from the front face to the side surface of the smartphone, and moves physical buttons to the back surface. This spatial reconfiguration in different dimensions allows the front display area to be maximized while preserving operational functionality through alternative access points.
Solution Approach 2:
The handset and physical buttons are extracted from the front face of the smartphone and relocated to other surfaces. This extraction removes the constraints that previously limited the display area expansion, allowing the front surface to be fully utilized for display purposes.
2Ease of operation
If reserved areas are kept at top and bottom for handset and physical buttons, then operation convenience is maintained, but the narrow edge effect cannot be achieved on entire mobile surface
Solution Approach 1:
The handset is relocated from the front face to the side surface of the smartphone, utilizing a different spatial dimension. This reconfiguration eliminates the need for top and bottom reserved areas on the front face, enabling the narrow edge effect to be achieved across the entire mobile surface while preserving handset functionality through side access.
Solution Approach 2:
The handset and physical buttons are extracted from the front face reserved areas and relocated to side and back surfaces. This extraction removes the visual and spatial constraints that prevented the narrow edge effect, allowing the front surface to achieve the desired aesthetic appearance.
3Area of stationary object
If the front surface is fully used for display area, then aesthetic appeal and touch operation area are enhanced, but handset and physical buttons must be relocated to side or back
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the side and back surfaces of the smartphone to house the handset and physical buttons, respectively. This three-dimensional distribution of components across multiple surfaces allows the front face to be fully dedicated to display while accommodating necessary functional elements elsewhere in the device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The smartphone surface is segmented into distinct functional zones: the front face is dedicated to display, the side surface houses the handset, and the back surface contains physical buttons. This segmentation allows each surface to serve its primary function without compromise, achieving full display area while maintaining operational capabilities.
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
This design enhances the aesthetic appeal and user experience by enabling a full-screen display on the front surface, effectively utilizing the entire mobile phone surface for touch operations.
Implementation Method 1
a screen module, electrically connected to the circuit board, and located above the circuit board; a transparent cover plate, configured to seal an open end of the groove structure to form a closed space area containing the circuit board and the screen module, and having a cover area parallel to the screen module; wherein the transparent cover plate is flush with the back shell at their edges; a light emitted by the screen module penetrates through the transparent cover plate to form a first display area
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AI summary
The invention relates to the field of communication device technology, more particularly, to a smartphone, the structures such as the handset and the physical buttons of the mobile phone are configured on the side or the back side of the phone body, so as to extend the display area (namely touch operation area) of the mobile phone to the whole front surface of the mobile phone, to realize full-screen display without borders, and to enhance the beauty of the appearance of the smart phone, thus to effectively improve the user experience.