Clock Face Layout With Dynamic Dials for Faster Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for presenting and interacting with clock faces on electronic devices are cumbersome and inefficient, requiring multiple key presses or keystrokes, wasting user time and device energy, particularly in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
Implementing methods and interfaces that allow for efficient display and interaction with clock faces by dynamically positioning and sizing analog-dial graphical elements, changing language, editing clock faces, and transitioning color gradients based on user input, thereby reducing cognitive burden and conserving power.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If existing techniques are used to present and interact with clock faces, then the interface provides comprehensive functionality, but the user interface becomes complex and time-consuming requiring multiple key presses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple clock face information elements (analog-dial graphical elements, digital time display, complications) into a single integrated clock face interface. This merging eliminates the need for multiple separate screens or key presses to access different time display modes, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining comprehensive functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The clock face employs dynamic elements including rotating hands, moving analog-dial graphical elements, and transitionable color gradients that respond to user interaction. This dynamic behavior allows the interface to provide rich functionality through natural motion and transformation rather than requiring multiple static screens or complex navigation sequences.
2Productivity
If existing techniques are used to interact with clock faces, then full functionality is available, but user time is wasted due to multiple key presses and keystrokes
Solution Approach 1:
The clock face pre-positions all interactive elements and information displays in a single accessible interface. Users do not need to navigate through multiple screens or perform preliminary actions to access different time display modes, as everything is immediately available in the unified clock face interface, thereby reducing interaction time and improving productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The clock face serves multiple functions simultaneously - displaying analog time, digital time, date information, and additional complications all in one interface. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate applications or screens for different time-related tasks, significantly reducing user time consumption while maintaining full functionality.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing techniques are used for clock face interaction, then comprehensive features are provided, but device energy is wasted particularly in battery-operated devices
Solution Approach 1:
By merging all clock face functionalities into a single unified interface, the system eliminates the need to load, render, and process multiple separate screens or applications. This consolidation reduces the overall computational load and energy consumption while maintaining comprehensive adaptability and versatility of clock face features.
Solution Approach 2:
The clock face employs periodic updates for time display elements rather than continuous rendering. The analog-dial graphical elements and digital displays update at appropriate intervals (e.g., when time changes or upon user interaction) rather than continuously refreshing, thereby reducing energy consumption while maintaining full functionality and adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
A device displays a clock face in response to receiving a request to display a clock face. In accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, where the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements includes a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size. In accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, and the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupies a second position and/or has a second size. In some embodiments, clock faces are reordered.