Electronic Device Access Event Audio-Visualization Method

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional electronic devices lack the ability to effectively detect, visualize, and notify users of data access events by applications, failing to provide timely information on access times, reasons, and user behavior, and do not offer features for configuring data access records or identifying anomalies.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device equipped with a processor, display, and memory that detects access events, acquires execution screens of applications, maps them with event information, and stores this data to provide intuitive visual and auditory notifications, allowing users to monitor and control application access.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional electronic devices simply list data access records in order of most recent event, then the device complexity is low, but the ease of operation deteriorates because users cannot intuitively recognize access information, time, and reasons

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of recognizing access informationVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms access event information from a simple linear list into a multi-dimensional visualization by mapping execution screens with event information. This includes displaying visual thumbnails of application screens, audio recordings of access events, and spatial organization of access records, thereby enhancing user comprehension without proportionally increasing device complexity

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates visual copies of application execution screens and audio copies of access events to represent access information. By capturing and displaying thumbnails of application interfaces and recording audio of access events, the system provides intuitive visual and auditory representations that help users understand access patterns without requiring complex analysis

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Reliability

If conventional devices provide only basic access records, then the device complexity remains low, but the reliability deteriorates because users cannot identify anomalies or configure access control criteria

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereliability of access monitoringVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms by providing users with visual and auditory information about access events, enabling them to identify anomalies and configure access control criteria. The system continuously monitors access events, presents this information through multiple channels (visual thumbnails, audio recordings), and allows users to adjust access policies based on the feedback received

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables users to pre-configure access control criteria and authority settings before access events occur. Users can set up rules for which applications can access specific data, define time-based access restrictions, and establish notification preferences in advance, thereby improving reliability by preventing unauthorized access before it happens

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If conventional devices do not provide audio-visual notifications, then the device complexity is low, but the ease of operation worsens because users cannot timely grasp application usage and detect abnormal behavior

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of detecting abnormal behaviorVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs visual differentiation through color coding and visual changes in the display of access event information. Different types of access events can be highlighted with different colors or visual indicators, allowing users to quickly identify abnormal behavior patterns. The execution screen thumbnails and audio visualizations provide dynamic visual feedback that enhances user awareness of application usage

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes audio vibrations and sound outputs to notify users of access events. By converting access event data into audible formats such as speech synthesis notifications or audio recordings of access patterns, the system provides timely alerts that help users detect abnormal behavior. The audio output module transforms digital access information into mechanical sound waves that users can perceive

Inventive Principle:
Principle #18Mechanical vibration

Data Source

PatentUS20230244531A1Electronic device and access event audio-visualization method
Publication Date: 2023.08.03 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the memory, wherein the processor can be configured to detect an access event, occurring through an application, for a resource of the electronic device, acquire an application execution screen image in response to the detection of the access event, map the acquired application execution screen image with event information indicating the access event and store same, and display, on the basis of a user input, a first screen image including the event information and the application execution screen image mapped with the event information on the display.