Bent Touch Screen User Terminal Device Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing diversity of functions and content types in user terminal devices has outpaced the capabilities of traditional interaction methods, such as button selection and simple touch screen interactions, necessitating a more advanced user interaction technology for enhanced convenience and satisfaction.
Innovation Solution
A user terminal device equipped with a bent touch screen divided into a main region and at least one sub-region, allowing for various user interactions, including gestures and UI element selection, to control device functions and communicate with external devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional button selection and simple touch screen interactions are used, then device structure remains simple, but user interaction capability cannot keep pace with diverse functions and content types
Solution Approach 1:
The touch screen is divided into multiple independent interaction regions including a first interaction region and a second interaction region. Each region can independently respond to user inputs and execute different interaction modes, allowing the system to handle diverse functions without increasing overall structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The interaction regions are configured to dynamically change their functionality based on user gestures. The same physical region can serve different purposes depending on the type of gesture detected, enabling versatile interaction capabilities while maintaining a simple static screen structure
2Adaptability or versatility
If the touch screen is divided into multiple interaction regions, then user interaction versatility improves, but screen structure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each interaction region is designed to support multiple interaction modes including clicking, dragging, and long-press operations. The same region can function as a selection area, a navigation zone, or a gesture recognition space depending on the context, eliminating the need for separate specialized components for each function
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces temporal dimension to the interaction by recognizing different gesture durations (short press vs long press) and movement patterns. This allows the same spatial region to provide differentiated functionality through time-based gesture variations, increasing interaction versatility without adding spatial complexity
3Ease of operation
If diverse interaction gestures are supported, then user convenience improves, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different interaction regions are assigned different gesture recognition capabilities and processing rules. The first interaction region may be optimized for selection gestures while the second region handles navigation gestures, allowing each region to process only the gestures relevant to its function, reducing overall processing complexity
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AI summary
Disclosed is a user interaction method of a user terminal device including a bent touchscreen. The present invention comprises the steps of: displaying a UI element associated with an external device on a sub-region if the external device, located outside of a user terminal device, and the user terminal device are connected to be able to communicate with each other; and performing a function associated with the UI element in response to a user gesture selecting the UI element. Accordingly, interaction can be performed in various ways.