Magnetic Tiled Display Mounting for Front-Side Seam Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tiled displays face challenges in aligning and attaching multiple display devices to a wall without visible boundaries, which can disrupt image quality due to misalignment and spacing issues, especially when fastened from behind, making real-time adjustments and replacements difficult.
Innovation Solution
A tiled display system using magnets on both the display devices and the wall, along with a tiling tool that allows for easy attachment and adjustment from the front, enabling precise alignment and real-time checking of spacing and alignment, reducing the impact on devices during attachment, and simplifying the fastening mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If display devices are fastened to the wall from the behind, then the fastening mechanism is simple, but it is difficult to check alignment and spacing in real-time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional fastening approach by allowing display devices to be attached from the front rather than from behind. The magnetic fastening system enables the display device to be approached and attached from the front side, making alignment checking possible during the attachment process without requiring access to the rear of the device.
2Manufacturing precision
If display devices are attached as close as possible to eliminate boundaries, then image quality improves, but alignment precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical fastening systems (screws, clips, adhesives) with a magnetic fastening system. The magnetic force provides both attachment and alignment functions, allowing display devices to be precisely positioned and held in place without complex mechanical adjustment mechanisms, thereby achieving high alignment precision while maintaining ease of manufacture.
3Reliability
If conventional fastening methods are used, then attachment is secure, but replacement and maintenance become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic magnetic fastening system where the magnetic strength can be adjusted or deactivated to facilitate easy attachment and detachment. This dynamic characteristic allows the display devices to be securely held during operation while enabling simple removal and replacement when maintenance is needed, without requiring tools or complex disassembly procedures.
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 precise alignment and adjustment of display devices to minimize visible boundaries, reducing installation time, and facilitating easy maintenance and replacement, while reducing the complexity and cost of the fastening mechanism.
Implementation Method 1
A tiled display system using magnets on both the display devices and the wall
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided a tiled display including: a plurality of display devices; a plurality of first magnets in contact with a surface of each of the display devices; a wall portion configured to be attached to and detached from the display devices; and a plurality of second magnets disposed on a surface of the wall portion and in line with the first magnets. The second magnets are movable in a direction perpendicular to or intersecting the surface of the wall portion. Accordingly, it is possible to attach/release the plurality of display devices to/from the wall portion by forming an attractive force or a repulsive force between the first magnets and the second magnets.