Application Window Display Modes for Interruption-Free Screen Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing devices with multi-window capabilities require users to reset their display settings after handling interruptions, such as message notifications, leading to inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a temporary window display mode that allows applications to be displayed in a superimposed manner with fixed or variable positions and sizes, enabling users to maintain the original display state without resetting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a notification application is opened in full screen to handle interruptions, then the notification can be viewed completely, but the original application display settings are lost and must be reset
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically restoring the original application display settings when the notification application is closed. This eliminates the need for users to manually reset settings, as the restoration is prepared and executed automatically in the background.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by detecting when the notification application is closed and automatically triggering the restoration of the previous display state. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures that the display settings are consistently maintained without user intervention.
2Productivity
If the display screen is divided into multiple applications, then productivity is improved, but switching to a notification application disrupts the multi-application display state
Solution Approach 1:
Before opening the notification application, the system preliminarily records the current multi-application display state. When the notification is closed, this pre-saved state is automatically restored, eliminating the need for users to manually reconfigure the display arrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically managing the restoration of display states without requiring user intervention. The display control unit autonomously detects when to restore settings and executes the restoration, making the system self-managing rather than relying on user actions.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a fixed position window is used for notifications, then the notification display is stable, but the notification may obscure important content of the original application
Solution Approach 1:
The notification application window transitions from a fixed position during the notification display to a restored position (original display state) when closed. This dynamic adjustment allows the window to be stable during use while automatically returning to its original configuration, preventing content obstruction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the position parameter of the notification window based on the state (open/closed). When open, the window maintains a stable position for visibility; when closed, the position parameter is changed back to the original configuration, ensuring that content visibility is restored without manual intervention.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing device includes a display control unit that displays an application window in a superimposed manner on an application screen so that a user is allowed to visually recognize at least part of the application screen in a display screen based on an operation by the user, wherein a display mode of the application window includes at least a first display mode and a second display mode that are different in a display aspect of the application window, and wherein the display control unit displays a first window having a fixed position and a fixed size as the application window in the first display mode, and displays a second window having a variable position and a variable size as the application window in the second display mode.