Transparent Display Color Analysis via Inversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile electronic devices with non-transparent displays face limitations in accurately comparing and analyzing colors and textures due to edge effects, lighting differences, and camera view constraints, particularly when dealing with translucent materials and coating defects.
Innovation Solution
A mobile electronic device equipped with a transparent display screen that captures images and processes optical data to display perceived color and texture differences, allowing for accurate comparison and control through a system that includes memory for storing optical processing data, a computer processor for executing instructions, and the ability to vary translucence, enabling enhanced color and texture analysis and augmented reality applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a non-transparent display screen is used, then the display structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the color comparison accuracy deteriorates due to edge effects, lighting differences, and camera view constraints
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 display to be viewed from the back side, eliminating edge effects and lighting differences that occur when viewing from the front. The transparent display enables direct optical path alignment with the camera, resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent display screen acts as an intermediary element that allows simultaneous viewing of the displayed image and the background. This mediator enables the camera to capture the display content through the transparent medium without the interference of edge effects and lighting variations that plague non-transparent displays, thereby improving color comparison accuracy without significantly increasing device complexity.
2Measurement precision
If a transparent display screen is used, then color comparison accuracy improves by eliminating edge effects and lighting differences, but the display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs backward viewing of the transparent display screen, inverting the traditional display orientation. By viewing the display from the back side through the transparent medium, the system eliminates edge effects and lighting differences that occur in conventional forward-viewing displays. This inversion approach achieves superior color matching accuracy while keeping the display structure relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent display screen serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both a display medium and an optical window. The display can be viewed from the back side for accurate color comparison while also allowing the camera to capture the content through the transparent medium. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
3Measurement precision
If camera-based color capture is used, then the system is simple to implement, but the perceived color accuracy deteriorates due to RGB limitations and viewing angle constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The transparent display screen serves as an intermediary that enables direct optical coupling between the display and the camera. This intermediary allows the camera to capture the displayed content through the transparent medium, eliminating the need for complex color conversion algorithms. The direct optical path preserves perceived color accuracy while keeping the overall system relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
By inverting the display orientation and viewing from the back side, the patent enables the camera to capture the display content through the transparent medium without the interference of edge effects and lighting variations. This inversion approach allows for more accurate color capture that better represents human perception, while the optical processing requirements remain manageable.
4Measurement precision
If traditional display viewing is used, then the operation is simple, but the ability to identify coating defects deteriorates due to lack of three-dimensional and parallax information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the display orientation to enable backward viewing through the transparent medium. This inversion, combined with the transparent display technology, creates a stereoscopic effect that provides three-dimensional depth information and parallax. Users can perceive coating defects with enhanced depth perception, improving defect identification accuracy while the augmented reality system remains integrated within the mobile device.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent display screen, when viewed from the back side, introduces a new dimension of depth perception. This dimensional change enables users to perceive three-dimensional information and parallax effects that are absent in traditional flat displays. The added depth dimension significantly improves the ability to identify and assess coating defects, while the augmented reality features are integrated into the existing mobile device architecture.
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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, as well as 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. The transparent portion of the transparent display screen of the mobile electronic device displays the object, as well as a 3D camera and/or 3D for further enhancing the transparent display screen through collection of various information for feedback.