Deformable Interaction Surface Area Recombination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Deformable interaction surfaces face challenges in maintaining effective interaction areas after deformation, as some areas become blocked or scattered, leading to incomplete or lost interaction capabilities.
Innovation Solution
Determining shape-related information after a folding deformation and recombining adjacent effective interaction areas into a new interaction area to provide an information input interface, ensuring continuous interaction functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a deformable interaction surface undergoes folding deformation to meet different body curves and size requirements, then the adaptability and user experience are improved, but the interaction areas become scattered and blocked, leading to loss of interaction capability
Solution Approach 1:
The interaction surface is divided into multiple independent interaction areas that can be individually identified and recombined. After folding deformation, these segmented areas are detected and spatially recombined to restore the complete interaction interface, ensuring that the interaction capability is maintained despite the physical deformation of the surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution transitions from a two-dimensional surface layout to a three-dimensional spatial reconstruction. By detecting the spatial positions of scattered interaction areas after folding and recombining them in 3D space, the system restores the logical connectivity of the interaction interface, overcoming the limitations imposed by physical deformation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the interaction surface is deformed to increase size for using and decrease size for carrying, then the versatility is improved, but the interaction areas become non-adjacent and scattered, causing loss of interaction functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts to the deformed state of the interaction surface by detecting the current spatial configuration of interaction areas and recombining them in real-time. This dynamic reconstruction allows the interaction interface to remain operational regardless of whether the device is in an expanded or compacted state, maintaining ease of operation throughout the transformation cycle.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs feedback mechanisms to detect the positions of interaction areas after deformation and uses this information to reconstruct the interaction interface. By continuously monitoring the spatial configuration and adjusting the recombination accordingly, the system ensures that the interaction functionality is restored and maintained, providing consistent ease of operation.
3Reliability
If multiple effective interaction areas are recombined into one interaction area after deformation, then the interaction capability is restored, but the complexity of determining and recombining areas increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary reconstruction mechanism that bridges the gap between the physically scattered interaction areas and the logically unified interaction interface. This intermediary layer detects the spatial positions of individual areas and performs the recombination operation, simplifying the overall process by providing a systematic approach to restoring interaction capability without requiring complex manual intervention.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present application disclose an interaction method, an interaction apparatus, and user equipment. The method comprises: determining shape related information of a deformable interaction surface, where the deformable interaction surface is at least used to perform information input, and the shape related information corresponds to a first shape of the deformable interaction surface after a folding deformation; determining multiple effective interaction areas on the deformable interaction surface at least according to the shape related information, where the multiple effective interaction areas meet the following conditions: in nonadjacent positions on the deformable interaction surface, and adjacent in a spatial position in the first shape; and using the multiple effective interaction areas as one interaction area at least according to a first relative position of the multiple effective interaction areas in the spatial position in the first shape to provide an information input interface to at least one interaction object. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application can bring new experience to a user according to a deformation property of a deformable device.