Transparent Display Module for Space-Saving Food Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display devices occupy significant space and act as visual obstacles, limiting their aesthetic and functional utilization in homes and public places due to their bulky design and limited spatial efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A transparent display module comprising a transparent display panel, a frame, a communication unit, a controller, and a display drive unit, which allows for wireless communication, data processing, and flexible image display modes, including multi-display performance, while being designed to fit within a smaller footprint and integrate with various environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If conventional display devices are used, then information display function is provided, but spatial utilization is low and visual obstacles are created
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies transparency changes (analogous to color changes) by using a transparent display panel that can switch between transparent and opaque states, allowing the display to adapt to different spatial requirements while maintaining information display functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional opaque displays to transparent displays, adding the dimension of optical transparency. This allows the display to occupy visual space without physically blocking the view, thereby improving spatial utilization while maintaining the display area
2Area of stationary object
If conventional display devices are used, then information display function is provided, but visual obstacles are created
Solution Approach 1:
The transparent display panel can change its optical properties between transparent and opaque states, allowing it to provide visual information when needed while maintaining visual openness when not in use, thereby eliminating visual obstacles while preserving display area
Solution Approach 2:
The display system dynamically switches between transparent and opaque states based on operational requirements, making the visual obstruction conditional rather than constant. This dynamic behavior resolves the contradiction by allowing the display to be visually present only when functioning
3Adaptability or versatility
If display module is integrated into food storage, then spatial utilization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the display module with the food storage container by integrating the transparent display panel, controller, and communication unit directly into the container structure. This combination reduces the need for separate components and simplifies the overall system while improving spatial utilization
Solution Approach 2:
The display module is designed to perform multiple functions: displaying food information, providing user interface controls, and enabling wireless communication. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby reducing overall device complexity while enhancing integration capability
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AI summary
Disclosed is a display module including a transparent display panel and a frame to fix a side of the transparent display panel, wherein the frame has a communication unit to receive data from the outside, a controller to process the received data and to output a drive command corresponding to the processed data and a display drive unit to drive the transparent display panel in response to the drive command from the controller. A display system includes a system body and a display module detachably mounted in the system body.