Solar Panel Layout for Luxury Timepiece Dials
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solar-powered timepieces face challenges in efficiently generating power while maintaining a beautiful and luxurious appearance, as they require complex and costly techniques to integrate solar panels with transparent dials, and struggle to replicate the look of premium materials like metal and ceramics.
Innovation Solution
A solar panel design featuring power generation areas and a connection area that generates less power, allowing for efficient power generation and a sleek appearance without the need for special processing on the dial side, using a dial made of materials that do not transmit light, such as metal or ceramics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If a transparent dial is used to allow light transmission to the solar panel, then power generation is enabled, but the appearance becomes less luxurious and design freedom is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The solar panel is segmented into power generation areas and connection areas. The connection areas are positioned to correspond to non-transparent portions of the dial, allowing the dial to be made of luxurious materials like metal or ceramics without compromising power generation efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
Different areas of the solar panel have different functions: power generation areas are optimized for light reception, while connection areas are designed to align with non-transparent dial portions. This local differentiation allows the dial to achieve both aesthetic quality and functional performance.
2Device complexity
If dark color coating is applied to the dial to hide the solar panel, then appearance is improved, but readability is reduced and the surface becomes dark
Solution Approach 1:
The solar panel is divided into power generation areas and connection areas. The connection areas are strategically positioned to align with non-transparent portions of the dial, eliminating the need for dark coatings while maintaining aesthetic appearance and readability.
3Device complexity
If complex processing techniques are used on the dial to achieve beautiful appearance, then aesthetic quality is improved, but manufacturing cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The solar panel is segmented into power generation areas and connection areas, allowing the use of non-transparent luxurious materials for the dial without compromising power generation. This eliminates the need for complex surface processing techniques and reduces manufacturing costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection areas of the solar panel are specifically designed to align with non-transparent portions of the dial, allowing different materials and finishes to be used in different areas without requiring complex overall processing.
4Productivity
If the entire solar panel is made transparent to maximize power generation, then power generation efficiency is improved, but the connection areas become visible and spoil the appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The solar panel is divided into power generation areas and connection areas. The connection areas are positioned to correspond to non-transparent portions of the dial, allowing them to be hidden while maintaining overall power generation efficiency through the transparent power generation areas.
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 solution enables efficient power generation and maintains a luxurious appearance without complex processing, allowing for greater design freedom and reduced costs, while effectively utilizing solar panels in timepieces.
Implementation Method 1
a solar panel receives light to generate power
Data Source
AI summary
A display device includes a solar panel and a display board. The solar panel includes power generators and a connection area which connects the power generators, and which generates a smaller amount of power than the power generates generate. The connection area is a linear narrow area narrower than the power generators. The display board includes highly transparent areas having high optical transparency, and a less transparent area having lower optical transparency than the highly transparent areas have. The highly transparent areas are disposed to overlap with each area where the power generators are disposed and not to overlap with an area where the connection area is disposed, and the less transparent area is disposed to overlap with an area where the connection area is disposed.