Double-Sided Display Multitasking Gesture Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic devices with single displays struggle to efficiently manage multitasking, particularly in environments where double-sided displays are utilized, as they lack effective methods for controlling and navigating multiple applications across both screens.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for controlling multitasking in electronic devices using a double-sided display, which detects specific gestures to reverse screens and display lists of applications, allowing users to select and execute applications on either screen, enhancing user convenience and multitasking capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single display is used for multitasking, then the device structure remains simple, but the ease of operation and multitasking efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a spatial dimension by adding a second display screen, allowing users to view and operate applications simultaneously on both the front and back screens. This dimensional expansion enables parallel task execution and improves multitasking efficiency without requiring complex gesture sequences or switching operations.
2Ease of operation
If gestures are used to reverse screens for multitasking, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gesture detection module as an intermediary between the user's physical actions and the screen reversal function. This mediator translates simple gestures (such as sliding or tapping motions) into screen reversal commands, making the control intuitive while the underlying complexity is encapsulated within the detection module.
3Productivity
If applications are displayed on both screens, then the productivity increases, but the loss of information may occur due to screen reversal
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by detecting the current application state and display configuration before screen reversal occurs. The system preserves the application state information (such as open documents, message threads, or media playback position) and restores it automatically after reversal, preventing information loss during the transition between front and back screens.
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AI summary
A method of controlling multitasking in an electronic device using a double-sided display is provided. The method includes detecting a first gesture which reverses a first direction of a first screen executing a first application to a second direction or reverses the second direction of a second screen to the first direction, displaying a first list of applications on the second screen of the second direction is reversed to the first direction, when the first gesture is detected, detecting a input for selecting a second application from the first list of applications, and executing and displaying the touched second application on the second screen having the first direction.