Transparent Display Screen for Accurate Color Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mobile electronic devices with non-transparent displays face limitations in accurately comparing and analyzing colors, shades, and textures due to edge effects and lighting differences, which can lead to inaccurate color matching and defect identification in applications like augmented reality and coating analysis.

Innovation Solution

A mobile electronic device equipped with a transparent display screen that captures images and processes optical data to compare and adjust color values, incorporating multiple layers for parallax imaging and pressure-sensitive touch control to enhance texture and depth perception, allowing for accurate color and texture matching across varying translucence levels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a non-transparent display screen is used, then the device can display images clearly, but edge effects and lighting differences cause inaccurate color comparison

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor comparison accuracyVSAvoidedge effects and lighting differences
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the traditional display approach by using a transparent display screen instead of a non-transparent one. This allows the user to see through the display to the actual object, eliminating edge effects and lighting differences that occur with conventional screens. The transparent display enables direct visual comparison between the displayed color and the actual object color without the interference of screen borders or varying light conditions across the screen surface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Measurement precision

If a transparent display screen is used, then color comparison accuracy is improved, but the display may have reduced visibility in certain lighting conditions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor comparison accuracyVSAvoiddisplay visibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic control of the transparent display screen, allowing it to adjust its transparency and brightness levels based on ambient lighting conditions. This dynamic adjustment ensures optimal visibility across varying light environments while maintaining the color comparison accuracy benefits of transparency. The display can switch between transparent and opaque states or adjust its luminance to adapt to different viewing conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Loss of information

If multiple transparent display layers are used for parallax imaging, then texture and depth perception are enhanced, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetexture and depth informationVSAvoidnumber of display layers
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent utilizes the spatial dimension by stacking multiple transparent display layers at different positions to create parallax imaging effects. Each layer contributes to different aspects of texture and depth information, and their combined effect provides enhanced three-dimensional perception. This dimensional approach allows the system to encode multiple layers of information without requiring a single complex display structure.

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

Data Source

PatentUS10290120B2Color analysis and control using an electronic mobile device transparent display screen
Publication Date: 2019.05.14 SK COMML CONSTR INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to mobile electronic devices including at least one transparent display screen for comparing and accurately determining the color of a predetermined object for color and texture application. In addition, the present disclosure provides color analysis and control using an electronic mobile device transparent display screen, for a wide variety of applications, including, but not limited to color, shade and coating defect identification applications, including augmented reality applications. Color data for a perceived color stores in a memory and displays images as perceived through the transparent display screen. Image difference values are determined between a first set of optical processing data and a second set of optical processing data. The transparent display screen indicates image difference values from including differences in color, texture, transparency, lighting, etc., especially for augmented reality applications. The optical lens captures an image of an object for display on the transparent display screen.