Browser Address Bar Control for More Usable Mobile Display Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable electronic devices face challenges in optimizing screen space utilization due to limited display area, particularly when displaying information and input controls, which can hinder user interaction and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a touch-sensitive display with a shutter mechanism adjacent to the display boundary that allows for the display of additional information or controls upon user input, such as a shutter operator, to manage screen space effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a touch-sensitive display is used to maximize screen space, then display area is increased, but user input capability is reduced due to limited physical controls
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the display surface with touch-sensitive capabilities, merging the information presentation function with the input function. The display screen serves both as a visual output device and as a touch-sensitive input device, allowing users to interact by touching, sliding, or gesturing on the display surface itself, thereby eliminating the need for separate physical buttons while maintaining input capability
Solution Approach 2:
The display screen is designed to perform multiple functions: it displays information visually and simultaneously serves as a touch-sensitive input interface. The same surface that presents information also detects user interactions such as taps, slides, and gestures, making the display device universal and multi-functional
2Ease of operation
If additional controls are added to improve user interaction, then ease of operation is enhanced, but screen space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates control functionality directly into the display surface through touch-sensitive capabilities. Instead of adding separate physical controls that would occupy screen space, the display itself becomes the control interface, allowing various input methods (taps, slides, gestures) to be implemented on the existing display area without reducing visible screen space
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AI summary
A method, device and computer program containing instructions for displaying a browser address bar are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises displaying a browser address bar adjacent to a boundary at a top of a first information display region on a display of a portable electronic device, the first information display region for displaying first information; in response to detecting a first input at the portable electronic device, increasing the size of the first information display region so as to close the browser address bar; and in response to detecting a second input at the portable electronic device, decreasing the size of the first information display region so as to display the browser address bar.