Display Layout That Fills Blank Areas With Secondary Images

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Solution Overview

Problem

The mismatch between displayed images and display area sizes in electronic devices leads to a significant portion of the screen being unused, resulting in a waste of display resources and a monotonous viewing experience.

Innovation Solution

A display method that maximizes the utilization of the display area by displaying a target image at its maximum parameter within a target display area and filling the blank space with other images, where the blank area exceeds a predetermined ratio, allowing for flexible and adaptive image layout adjustments based on the display parameters and user interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a single target image is displayed in the target display area, then the image quality and viewing experience are improved, but a large portion of the display area remains unused, causing waste of display resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage qualityVSAvoiddisplay resource utilization
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The display area is segmented into two functional zones: the target display area for displaying the target image with high quality, and the blank area for displaying other images. This segmentation allows the system to maintain image quality for the primary content while utilizing previously wasted space for additional content, thereby resolving the contradiction between image quality and display resource utilization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges the target image display with other image display by utilizing the blank area created by the target image. Instead of leaving the blank area unused, the system combines multiple images into a single display session, where the target image and other images coexist in the display area, thus improving overall display resource utilization without compromising the primary image quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Productivity

If the display area is fully utilized by displaying multiple images, then display resource utilization is improved, but the viewing experience becomes monotonous and less engaging

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay resource utilizationVSAvoidviewing experience
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Different regions of the display area are assigned different functions with different quality requirements: the target display area provides high-quality display for the target image, while the blank area displays other images. This local differentiation ensures that the primary viewing experience remains high-quality and engaging, while still utilizing the full display area to prevent monotony.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the display configuration based on the relationship between the target image and display area size. When the target image occupies a significant portion of the display area, the system activates the blank area display function to show other images. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain high viewing experience quality while fully utilizing display resources, resolving the contradiction between utilization and viewing experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Area of stationary object

If the screen size is increased to meet user viewing requirements, then the viewing area is improved, but the mismatch with displayed content causes more blank area, worsening display resource utilization

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveviewing areaVSAvoiddisplay resource utilization
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The display system is designed with multi-functionality to handle different display scenarios. The target display area serves the primary function of displaying the target image, while the blank area serves as a secondary function for displaying other images. This universal design allows the system to fully utilize large screen areas regardless of the specific content size, thereby improving display resource utilization while maintaining large viewing area benefits.

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

Data Source

PatentUS20250306832A1Display method and electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.10.02 LENOVO (BEIJING) LTD
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AI summary

A display method includes in response to an instruction to display a target image, obtaining a first display parameter of the target image, and in response to the first display parameter and a first size parameter of a target display area satisfying a predetermined condition, displaying the target image in the target display area with the first display parameter, and displaying other images in a blank area of the target display area. The first display parameter is a maximum display parameter of the target image when the target image is limited by the first size parameter of the target display area. The blank area is an area that is not occupied by the target image when the target image is displayed in the target display area with the first display parameter.