Textured Decorating Sheet for Clear Display Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing decorating sheets do not allow clear visual identification of a display device's screen due to insufficient light transmission, leading to obscured viewing of the display.
Innovation Solution
A decorating sheet with a transparent base film and a colored layer that includes uncolored areas forming a material pattern, allowing light transmission and reducing interference with the display screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If a decorating sheet with a colored layer is used to provide material pattern and texture, then the aesthetic appearance and texture are improved, but the light transmission is reduced causing the display screen to be obscured
Solution Approach 1:
The colored layer is segmented into multiple regions: colored areas that provide the material pattern and texture, and uncolored areas that allow light transmission. This segmentation enables different portions of the same layer to serve different functions - the colored areas maintain aesthetic appearance while the uncolored areas ensure display visibility
Solution Approach 2:
Different areas of the colored layer have different optical properties. The colored areas have ink coverage for aesthetic appearance, while the uncolored areas have no ink coverage for light transmission. This local differentiation of quality allows the decorating sheet to simultaneously provide both texture and display visibility
2Shape
If the colored layer has continuous ink coverage to provide uniform material pattern, then the aesthetic appearance is improved, but moire interference occurs when viewed over the display screen
Solution Approach 1:
The continuous ink coverage is replaced with segmented ink coverage, creating discrete colored and uncolored areas. This segmentation prevents the formation of moire patterns by breaking up the continuous pattern that would otherwise interfere with the display screen pixels
Solution Approach 2:
The harmful continuous pattern is extracted and replaced with a discontinuous pattern. By removing ink from specific areas to create uncolored regions, the patent eliminates the source of moire interference while retaining the essential material pattern appearance in the colored 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
Enables clear visual identification of the display screen through the decorating sheet while maintaining a textured material pattern, minimizing moire interference and enhancing viewing angles.
Implementation Method 1
a sheet-shaped transparent base film
Implementation Method 2
an uneven portion that provides a texture corresponding the material pattern
Implementation Method 3
an uneven portion that provides a texture corresponding the material pattern
Data Source
AI summary
A material-like decorating sheet that forms a material pattern on a surface of a decoration target component by being attached to the surface of the decoration target component includes a sheet-shaped transparent base film, and a colored layer disposed on a back surface of the base film and forming the material pattern with one or more inks. The base film has, on an outer surface, an uneven portion that provides a texture corresponding to the material pattern. The colored layer has an uncolored pattern including a plurality of uncolored areas that are portions not colored with the one or more inks.