Transparent Display Automatic Door with Sensor-Driven Insertion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing automatic door systems with traditional advertising methods face challenges such as difficulty in attaching and replacing advertisements, ease of detachment due to door operation, and complex power supply for lighting, especially in sliding doors, which affects reliability and maintenance.

Innovation Solution

An automatic door system utilizing transparent display modules that can be inserted or exposed to open and close the entrance, supported by a casing and driven by sensors and control boxes, allowing for video data transmission and touch input, enabling stable operation and easy maintenance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If printed paper or advertisement is attached to the automatic door, then advertising effect is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to detachment during door operation

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadvertising effectVSAvoidattachment stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical attachment method (adhesive, taping) with an electronic display system (transparent display panel) that can be integrated into the door structure. The display panel is electrically connected and mechanically fixed to the door, eliminating the detachment problem of traditional printed advertisements while maintaining advertising functionality through digital content display.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Adaptability or versatility

If printed paper or advertisement is attached to the automatic door, then advertising effect is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates due to complex attachment process

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadvertising effectVSAvoidattachment process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual attachment process with an integrated electronic display system that is electrically and mechanically connected to the door. The display panel can be installed as a fixed component during manufacturing, eliminating the need for separate attachment steps and reducing manufacturing complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs a replaceable display panel design that allows for easy content updates and panel replacement without requiring complex manufacturing processes. The display module can be independently replaced or updated, providing flexibility in content management while simplifying the overall manufacturing process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Illumination intensity

If lighting is installed on the automatic door, then visibility is improved, but device complexity increases due to power supply requirements

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovevisibilityVSAvoidpower supply system

Core Design Contradiction:

Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the lighting function with the transparent display panel by integrating LED backlighting or edge lighting directly into the display structure. This unified design provides both illumination for visibility and advertising content display through a single integrated component, reducing overall system complexity compared to separate lighting and display systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Area of stationary object

If the entire automatic door slides in sliding door type, then space utilization is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to pushing of attached materials

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespace utilizationVSAvoidattachment stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical attachment system with an integrated electronic display panel that is structurally incorporated into the sliding door. The display panel is fixed to the door frame or panel structure, eliminating the pushing and detachment problems of loose printed materials while maintaining the space-efficient sliding door design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11735075B2System for implementing automatic door using transparent display

Publication Date: 2023.08.22 LG ELECTRONICS INC

AI summary

Disclosed in this specification is a system for implementing an automatic door using a transparent display including an automatic door casing disposed around an entrance, a plurality of transparent display modules inserted into the automatic door casing or exposed to the outside to open and close the entrance, a sensor installed within a predetermined distance from the plurality of transparent display modules, wherein the sensor senses an object, a driver that controls at least one of the plurality of transparent display modules to be inserted into the automatic door casing or exposed to the outside based on a sensing result of the sensor, a door frame connected to the driver, wherein the door frame supports the plurality of transparent display modules, and a plurality of control boxes that respectively transmits different video data to the plurality of transparent display modules based on the sensing result of the sensor.