Stereoscopic Display With Depth-Adjusted Secondary Screen

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current image display technologies lack the capability to effectively display stereoscopic images in a manner that provides additional information simultaneously with the main content, and fail to adapt the depth and slope of images to user environment and posture.

Innovation Solution

An image display apparatus and method that processes image signals to create a second screen with varying depth and slope, allowing for the simultaneous display of main content and additional information, and adjusts the position, tilt, and depth of the second screen based on user input and environmental factors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If a single screen is used to display main content, then the display is simple and clear, but additional information cannot be displayed simultaneously

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadditional informationVSAvoiddisplay structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display is segmented into a first screen for main content and a second screen for additional information. The control unit processes image signals to generate and display the second screen separately from the first screen, allowing both main content and additional information to be displayed simultaneously without interfering with each other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If multiple screens are displayed simultaneously, then more information can be provided, but the screens may interfere with each other and reduce viewing clarity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadditional informationVSAvoidscreen interference
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The second screen is displayed in a different dimensional space than the first screen by applying depth and slope processing to the image signal. The control unit processes the image signal so that the second screen has different depth and/or slope characteristics, allowing both screens to coexist without spatial interference while providing multiple information layers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Adaptability or versatility

If stereoscopic images are displayed without depth and slope adjustment, then the display is straightforward, but the viewing experience is not immersive and does not adapt to user environment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser environment adaptationVSAvoidimage processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display system dynamically adjusts the depth and slope of the second screen based on user input and environmental factors. The control unit processes image signals to create adaptable stereoscopic effects, allowing the display to respond to changing viewing conditions and user preferences, thereby providing an immersive experience that adapts to the user environment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

4Loss of information

If additional information is overlaid on the main content screen, then both are displayed together, but the main content becomes less clear and readable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadditional informationVSAvoidcontent clarity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of overlaying additional information on the same plane as main content, the system displays the second screen in a separate dimensional space with different depth and slope characteristics. This spatial separation ensures that additional information is accessible without obscuring or reducing the clarity of the main content on the first screen.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS8803873B2Image display apparatus and image display method thereof
Publication Date: 2014.08.12 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

An image display apparatus and an image display method where the image display apparatus according to an embodiment displays a main screen and a sub-screen having a different depth or slope from the main screen so as to create the illusion of depth and distance.