Tintable Vision Window With Transparent Display and UV Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing window technologies do not effectively integrate transparent displays with tintable windows to optimize interior space usage while protecting media displays from UV irradiation and environmental damage, and to enhance external views with overlays and augmented reality.
Innovation Solution
A display construct integrated with a tintable window, featuring a light-emitting diode (LED) or liquid crystal display (LCD) matrix, which can be used to display media and augment external views, and is designed to extend the lifetime of the display by incorporating materials that protect against UV radiation and environmental factors, with control systems for tint adjustment and media manipulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a transparent display is integrated into the window surface, then space usage efficiency is improved, but the display is exposed to UV irradiation and environmental damage
Solution Approach 1:
A protective glass layer is introduced as an intermediary between the transparent display and the external environment. This glass layer serves as a mediator that allows light transmission for display functionality while blocking UV radiation and protecting against environmental factors such as moisture and physical damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The window assembly is constructed as a composite structure comprising multiple layers including transparent display material, protective glass, and potentially tintable glass. Each layer contributes specific properties: the display layer provides visual output, the glass layers provide UV protection and environmental shielding, while maintaining overall transparency when needed.
2Illumination intensity
If a tinted backdrop is used to enhance media display, then display contrast is improved, but visibility through the window is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The tintable glass layer enables dynamic adjustment of the window's optical properties. The tint can be adjusted based on operational mode: darker for media display to enhance contrast, and lighter or clear for external visibility. This dynamic adaptability resolves the contradiction by allowing the system to optimize for one function at a time based on user needs.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions or layers of the window assembly have different optical properties optimized for specific functions. The transparent display layer provides high contrast when active, while the tintable glass layer can be adjusted to maintain visibility when the display is not in use. Each layer contributes locally optimized properties that collectively resolve the contradiction.
3Reliability
If the display is made fully transparent to maintain external view, then visibility is improved, but display contrast and readability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display system dynamically adjusts its optical properties based on operational state. When displaying media, the display becomes more opaque to enhance contrast and readability. When not in use, it returns to a transparent state to maintain external visibility. This temporal separation of functions resolves the contradiction.
Solution Approach 2:
The window assembly is designed to perform multiple functions: external visibility, media display with high contrast, and UV protection. The combination of transparent display technology, tintable glass, and protective layers enables the single structure to universally serve all these functions at different times, resolving the contradiction between transparency and contrast.
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
The solution enables efficient space usage by integrating displays into window surfaces, providing enhanced external views with overlays and augmented reality, while protecting the display from environmental damage, thus extending its lifespan and improving user interaction.
Implementation Method 1
The display may comprise a display matrix. The display matrix may comprise a light emitting diode (LED)
Implementation Method 2
The lifetime of the media display, (e.g. an OLED display) may be damaged over time, e.g., by Ultra-Violet (UV) irradiation, heat, and atmosphere constituents
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media related to a display construct coupled to a structure (e.g., a vision window). The structure can be a supportive structure such as a fixture. The display construct is configured to facilitate media display and is at least partially transparent. The vision window may be a tintable window, e.g., a window in which its tint is electrically controllable (e.g., an electrochromic window). Various interactive capabilities with the display construct are disclosed (e.g., via a touch screen).