Transparent Annotation Layers for Synchronized Content Zooming

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Solution Overview

Problem

Electronic devices struggle to maintain the alignment and magnification of written data with content when the content is enlarged or reduced, leading to mismatched displays due to different center points and magnification levels.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a display method that uses multiple virtual layers to display content and written data, allowing user-controlled editing and storage, where the display unit adjusts magnification to match content and written data, ensuring they remain synchronized during enlargement, reduction, and scrolling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If written data is displayed on a separate application layer from content, then written data can be independently edited and stored, but magnification of content and written data may differ when content is enlarged or reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveindependent editing and storage of written dataVSAvoidmagnification alignment between content and written data

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the written data layer with the content display layer by detecting the content displaying region within the application execution screen and overlaying written data that is included in this region. This ensures that written data and content share the same display coordinates and magnification, resolving the alignment issue while maintaining independent editing and storage capabilities through the layered architecture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of operation

If content and written data are displayed in different regions, then they can be independently managed, but they may display in a mismatched manner due to different center points

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveindependent management of content and written dataVSAvoiddisplay alignment between content and written data

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by selectively displaying written data only in the content displaying region rather than the entire application execution screen. The system determines which written data should be displayed based on its spatial relationship with the content region, ensuring proper alignment and visual coherence while maintaining independent management capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS10331334B2Multiple transparent annotation layers for use within a graphical user interface

Publication Date: 2019.06.25 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

A method and an electronic device for displaying content of an application combined with written data are provided. The electronic device includes an input unit configured to receive written data from a user, and a display unit configured to display an application execution screen of an application on a first layer, display a first written data on a second layer disposed on an upper side of the first layer, and display a second written data on a third layer disposed on an upper side of the second layer, where the display unit is further configured to display written data included in a content displaying region of the application execution screen, from among the first written data and the second written data, the content displaying region is a region on which content is displayed on the application execution screen, and the first written data and the second written data is editable based on a user command, and storable independently from the application.