Cover with Transparent Window for Gesture Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with cover mechanisms lack intuitive and versatile user interface solutions that allow for seamless interaction and control when the cover is closed or open, limiting the functionality and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that utilize a screen projection window in a cover attached to an electronic device, enabling various user interfaces and functions through gestures, and employing sensors to detect the cover's opening and closing status, allowing for controlled display and operation modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a cover is provided for protection and aesthetics, then device protection and aesthetic purposes are improved, but user interaction and control functionality are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is segmented with a transparent window portion that separates the protective covering function from the display/interaction function. This allows the cover to provide protection while simultaneously enabling user interaction through the transparent portion, resolving the contradiction between protection and usability.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent window acts as an intermediary element between the cover and the display screen. It mediates between the need for cover protection and the need for visible display/interaction, allowing users to see and interact with the screen through the transparent portion without removing the cover.
2Reliability
If the cover conceals the display when closed, then protection is improved, but visibility and user interface access are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is divided into opaque portions and a transparent window portion. The transparent window portion specifically addresses the visibility issue by allowing display content to be seen through the cover, while the opaque portions maintain protection. This segmentation resolves the contradiction between protection and visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
Only a specific local portion of the cover (the window area) is made transparent to preserve visibility where needed, while the rest of the cover remains opaque for maximum protection. This local quality approach ensures protection is maintained overall while visibility is preserved at the critical display area.
3Reliability
If lock mode is activated when cover is closed, then security is improved, but functionality and versatility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts its security state based on cover position. When the cover is closed, lock mode is activated for security. When the cover is opened, the system can transition to unlocked mode or alternative interaction modes through gestures detected through the transparent window. This dynamic behavior provides both security and versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system supports multiple interaction modes: traditional touch input when unlocked, and gesture-based input through the transparent window when locked. This multi-functionality allows the device to maintain security through lock mode while still providing versatile functionality through alternative interaction methods.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables convenient performance of electronic device functions while the cover is mounted, providing enhanced user experience by allowing gestures to trigger actions and adapt display settings based on cover status, thereby improving interaction and functionality.
Implementation Method 1
employing sensors to detect the cover's opening and closing status
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AI summary
A method includes detecting whether a cover covers the at least one portion of the display, receiving a call signal, displaying an information related to the reception of the call signal on the at least one portion of the display in response to the reception of the telephone call reception signal, detecting an external object that is adjacent to a surface of the display, and connecting a call in response to the detection of the adjacency of the external object. An electronic device includes a controller configured to cause the display to display receiving a call through the window in response to receiving the call while the cover is detected to cover the display, and control the call to be connected in response to detecting an external object that is adjacent to a surface of the display.