Electronic Device Display Interface Mode Switching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Electronic devices with large screens can fall into an out-of-control state when switched from a lying flat mode to a standing mode due to scattered file displays and limited remote control functionality.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method and electronic device that switch between proximate and remote operation modes by determining the device's posture and adjusting the display format to facilitate interactive input, rearranging files to form a second graphic interface suitable for remote control operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the electronic device is switched from lying flat mode to standing mode, then the device can be controlled remotely which is convenient for the user, but the scattered files on the display screen become difficult to control with limited remote control keys

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveremote control convenienceVSAvoidcontrol reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the display interface adaptable and changeable based on the device's usage mode. When the device transitions from lying flat mode to standing mode, the interface dynamically reorganizes the scattered files into a remote-control-friendly layout, allowing the control interface to evolve with the usage context rather than remaining static

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the display parameters (layout, arrangement, grouping) of files on the screen based on the detected usage mode. When standing mode is detected, the system modifies the display parameters by reorganizing scattered files into categorized groups suitable for remote control navigation, thus adapting the interface to match the control method

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If files are scattered and displayed on the display screen in lying flat mode, then the user can directly control the device using touch, but switching to standing mode with remote control makes these scattered files difficult to control

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemulti-mode usage flexibilityVSAvoidremote control operation ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The interface is designed to be dynamic, automatically adjusting its layout and organization based on the detected usage mode. In lying flat mode, files can be scattered for touch interaction, but when standing mode is detected, the interface dynamically reorganizes them into structured groups suitable for remote control

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent makes the display interface universal by designing it to serve multiple control methods effectively. The same interface can accommodate both touch control in lying flat mode and remote control in standing mode through automatic reorganization, making the interface adaptable to different control paradigms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9075433B1Information processing method and electronic device
Publication Date: 2015.07.07 LENOVO SOFTWARE
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AI summary

An information processing method for avoiding that an electronic device becomes out of control is disclosed. The method comprises: determining the controlled electronic device is in a first control mode, and determining a first display format of M objects to form a first graphic display interface; displaying the first graphic display interface; obtaining a switching instruction for instructing the controlled electronic device to switch from the current first control mode to the second control mode; determining a second display format of the M objects on the first graphic display interface to form a second graphic display interface, in response to the switching instruction; and displaying the second graphic display interface. The present invention also discloses an electronic device.