Full-Thickness Through Hole for One-Handed Grip on Large Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable display devices with large screen displays are difficult to grip with one hand, leading to a higher risk of dropping due to their size and shape.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a full-thickness through hole that penetrates the display panel, cover layer, and housing, allowing a user's finger to pass through for improved grip and enabling the device to be held securely, along with additional features like signal input elements, sensing elements, and wireless charging terminals within the through hole.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a planar large screen display is incorporated, then the display area is increased, but the device becomes difficult to grip with one hand
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a through hole that divides the device structure into distinct regions, creating a segmented design where the through hole acts as an independent functional element for gripping, separate from the display area
Solution Approach 2:
The through hole is integrated within the housing structure, with the housing surrounding the through hole and containing it as part of the overall device architecture, creating a nested configuration where smaller structural elements are contained within larger ones
2Ease of operation
If a through hole is added for grip improvement, then the grip ability is enhanced, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The through hole serves multiple functions: it provides a gripping mechanism for one-handed operation, enables access to internal components, and allows for integration of additional features such as signal input elements and wireless charging terminals, making a single structural element multi-functional
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple functions into the through hole structure by integrating signal input elements and wireless charging terminals within the through hole area, merging what would traditionally be separate components into a unified structural solution
Data Source
AI summary
A display apparatus includes a display panel. The display apparatus further includes a cover layer disposed over a first surface of the display panel on which an image is displayed. A housing is disposed over a second surface of the display panel, the second surface being opposite to the first surface of the display panel. The display panel also includes at least one through hole that fully penetrates the display panel, the cover layer, and the housing.