Transparent Display Assembly with Multi-Mode Panel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile devices with multiple displays face limitations in functionality when the primary display is closed, and users desire a compact form factor with larger user interface surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A transparent display assembly featuring a display panel system between two surfaces, with a multi-mode panel that allows images to be viewable through both surfaces or not, and includes touch screens for input detection, enabling flexible display modes and compact design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If a single display is used in portable devices, then device size can be minimized, but the user interface surface area is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a single-sided display to a dual-sided transparent display configuration, utilizing the third dimension (depth/transparency) to create additional display surface area without increasing the device's external footprint. The transparent display allows users to interact with content on both the front and back surfaces of the same display volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent display assembly serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both a display surface and a transparent window, allowing the device to function as a compact portable device while also providing expanded user interface capabilities on both sides of the device.
2Area of moving object
If multiple displays are used in portable devices, then user interface surface area is increased, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple display functions into a single integrated transparent display assembly. Instead of using separate display components for front and back displays, the invention merges them into one transparent display structure that provides dual-sided display functionality, thereby reducing the number of discrete components and simplifying the overall device architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent display assembly performs multiple functions simultaneously - serving as both the front display and back display, and also functioning as a transparent window when not displaying content. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components and simplifies the device structure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If complex rotating hinges are used to position display screens, then display positioning flexibility is improved, but device complexity and hardware components increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic flexible display structure that can be bent and folded to various positions, replacing complex mechanical rotating hinges. The flexible display maintains its functionality across different positions and orientations, providing positioning flexibility through material flexibility rather than complex mechanical mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces complex mechanical rotating hinge systems with a flexible display structure that achieves positioning flexibility through its inherent flexibility and foldability. This substitution eliminates the need for complex mechanical components while maintaining the ability to position the display in various configurations.
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
Enables a portable device with enhanced functionality and compactness by allowing images to be projected through both display surfaces, maintaining user interaction while minimizing device size, and providing a seamless transition between open and closed positions.
Implementation Method 1
The multi-mode panel may be implemented as an active reflector, or active diffuser, that can be switched on to prevent the image from being viewable through the first display surface or the second display surface, or switched off for transparency to permit the image being viewable through the first and second display surfaces.
Implementation Method 2
The multi-mode panel may be implemented as an active reflector... that can be switched on to prevent the image from being viewable through the first display surface or the second display surface
Implementation Method 3
The multi-mode panel may be implemented as an active diffuser, that can be switched on to prevent the image from being viewable through the first display surface or the second display surface
Implementation Method 4
The multi-mode panel may be implemented as an active shutter that can be closed to prevent the image from being viewable through the first display surface or the second display surface
Implementation Method 5
The display panel system can include a color filter system for a percentage of transparency that permits the image being viewable through the first and second display surfaces
Implementation Method 6
The display panel system can also include one or more polarizers of an LCD panel for a percentage of transparency that permits the image being viewable through the first and second display surfaces
Data Source
AI summary
In embodiments of a transparent display assembly, a display device includes a display panel system that is located between a first display surface and a second display surface, and the display panel system displays an image. The image is viewable through the first display surface and through the second display surface, where the second display surface and the first display surface are viewable from opposite sides of the display device. The display device also includes a multi-mode panel located between the first display surface and the second display surface. The multi-mode panel is operable to permit the image being viewable through the first and second display surfaces, and further operable to prevent the image from being viewable through the first display surface or the second display surface.