Adaptive Display Orientation via User Image Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable electronic devices often display content in orientations that are misaligned with the user, making it difficult for users to view and interact with the device, especially when the device is held or positioned unintentionally in various orientations.
Innovation Solution
The device captures images of the user to determine its orientation relative to the user and automatically adjusts the display elements to match this orientation, ensuring that content is properly aligned, regardless of the device's physical orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If display elements are shown in fixed orientations relative to the display component, then device complexity is reduced, but usability deteriorates when the device is held in various orientations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the display element orientations adjustable and adaptive rather than fixed. The system dynamically changes the orientation of display elements based on the detected orientation of the device relative to the user, allowing the interface to adapt to different holding positions (portrait, landscape, tilted) and thereby improving usability without requiring complex manual intervention from the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs self-service by automatically detecting the device's orientation relative to the user using the camera and image processing, and then autonomously adjusting the display element orientations accordingly. This eliminates the need for users to manually rotate or reposition elements, making the system self-adjusting and improving ease of operation.
2Ease of operation
If the device automatically adjusts display element orientations, then usability is improved, but device complexity increases due to image capture and processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by utilizing the camera, which is already a standard component in portable electronic devices for other functions (photography, video calls, face unlock), and repurposing it for orientation detection. By making the camera serve multiple functions—both its traditional imaging role and the new role of capturing user orientation data—the system achieves automatic display adjustment without adding dedicated specialized hardware, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs self-service by automatically detecting the device's orientation relative to the user using the camera and image processing, and then autonomously adjusting the display element orientations accordingly. This eliminates the need for users to manually rotate or reposition elements, making the system self-adjusting and improving ease of operation.
3Ease of operation
If display elements are reoriented based on user orientation, then visibility is improved, but processing time increases due to image analysis
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing image capture and orientation detection in advance or continuously in the background, so that when the user views or interacts with content, the display elements are already optimally oriented. This preemptive approach minimizes visible delays and ensures smooth user experience without noticeable processing time interruptions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuity of useful action by continuously or periodically capturing images and updating display element orientations in real-time as the user moves or repositions the device. This continuous adaptation ensures that visibility is constantly optimized without interruption, and the seamless nature of the continuous process minimizes perceived processing delays.
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AI summary
One or more elements are initially displayed on a display component of an electronic device. After the one or more elements have been displayed on the display component of the electronic device, an image of a user of the electronic device is captured, and an orientation of the electronic device relative to the user is determined based on the captured image of the user of the electronic device. Thereafter, an orientation of at least one of the displayed elements is adjusted relative to the display component of the electronic device based on the determined orientation of the electronic device relative to the user.