Bilingual Display Layout With Mirrored Text and Adaptive Screen Areas

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display systems fail to appropriately display characters of different languages on the same screen, leading to confusion and hindered communication between interlocutors.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a first and second display area, where characters of a first language are displayed in a normal orientation in the first area and mirrored in the second area, with adjustable display amounts to ensure proper alignment and translation of characters between the two areas.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If characters of different languages are displayed on the same screen, then translation and communication assistance is improved, but visual interference and confusion between characters increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelanguage translation capabilityVSAvoidvisual interference

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The display screen is divided into multiple display areas (first display area and second display area) where each area displays characters of a specific language. This segmentation prevents visual interference by ensuring that characters of different languages are displayed in separate regions, while still allowing translation functionality to operate across the entire screen.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the display screen are assigned different display characteristics tailored to their specific language requirements. Each display area adjusts its display parameters (such as character orientation, spacing, and positioning) to optimize readability for the specific language being displayed, thereby reducing visual interference while maintaining translation capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of operation

If characters are displayed in normal orientation in one area and mirrored in another area, then readability for both speakers is improved, but alignment and correspondence between characters becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovereadabilityVSAvoidcharacter alignment

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The display system dynamically adjusts the orientation and positioning of characters in each display area based on the language being displayed and the positions of the speakers. This dynamic adjustment ensures that characters are always displayed in the optimal orientation for readability while maintaining proper alignment and correspondence between translated characters across different languages.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor the display output and adjust character alignment in real-time. This feedback loop ensures that mirrored and normal orientation characters remain properly aligned with their corresponding translations, preventing misalignment while maintaining readability for both speakers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Measurement precision

If display amount is adjusted to match content correspondence, then translation accuracy is improved, but display time and responsiveness decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetranslation accuracyVSAvoiddisplay time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring display parameters and buffering translated character data before actual display is needed. This allows the system to quickly adjust display amounts to match content correspondence without significant delays, as the necessary display resources and character data are already prepared in advance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The display system efficiently changes parameters such as display amount, character size, and spacing to match the correspondence between translated content. By using parameter changes rather than complete display redesign, the system can achieve accurate translation display while minimizing time loss and maintaining responsiveness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP4671961A1Electronic device, method for controlling electronic device, and program

Publication Date: 2025.12.31 KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC

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AI summary

A program causes an electronic device that displays characters on a display including a first display area and a second display area to perform the following steps. Displaying characters of a first language in the first display area. Displaying characters of a second language in the second display area. Displaying either the characters of the first language or the characters of the second language in a horizontally reversed manner. Based on a first display amount in which the characters of the first language are displayed in the first display area and a second display amount in which the characters of the second language are displayed in the second display area, adjusting at least one of the first display amount or the second display amount.