Curved Virtual Display Surface for Mobile Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Display devices with fixed physical dimensions face challenges in displaying large digital content without reducing its size or using a scrollbar, as mobile devices are limited in size and cannot accommodate full-sized images or videos without distortion.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that establishes a curved virtual display surface on a physical display with fixed dimensions, allowing digital objects to be displayed without resizing, by calculating and applying curvature based on the object's dimensions, enabling full display without scrollbars and maintaining aspect ratios.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the digital object is reduced proportionally in size to fit the physical display, then the digital object fully fits on the display, but the size change is drastic and undesirable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a curved virtual display surface that extends beyond the physical display boundaries in the depth dimension. This allows the digital object to be displayed at its full size on the curved surface while only a portion is visible on the flat physical display at any given time, eliminating the need for proportional reduction.
2Manufacturing precision
If the digital object is displayed at full size, then the object size fidelity is maintained, but the object does not fully fit on the physical display
Solution Approach 1:
By mapping the digital object onto a curved virtual surface with greater circumference than the physical display, the system preserves the object's full dimensions while utilizing the depth dimension to accommodate content that extends beyond the physical display's flat surface area.
3Loss of information
If a scrollbar is incorporated to view entire content, then the full content becomes accessible, but the user experience is degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a curved virtual display surface that naturally accommodates large digital objects without requiring scrollbars. The curvature allows the entire object to be displayed in a single view by wrapping it around the curved surface, providing seamless navigation and eliminating the need for manual scrolling operations.
4Area of stationary object
If the physical display dimensions are increased to accommodate large digital objects, then the entire object can be displayed, but mobile devices are limited in size
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves the size limitation by extending the display area into the depth dimension through curvature. The curved virtual surface allows a mobile device with a small physical display to effectively display large digital objects by wrapping them around the curved surface, making full content visible without increasing the device's physical dimensions.
Data Source
AI summary
Establishing a curved virtual display surface on a physical display is provided. A process identifies dimensions of a digital object for display on a physical display of a computer system, the physical display including fixed display dimensions. Based on the identified dimensions of the digital object, the process establishes on the physical display a curved virtual display surface for displaying the digital object, and displays the digital object in the curved virtual display surface.