Driving-Mode Floating Windows for Navigation and Audio Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing driving modes in electronic devices provide interaction information for only a single application, significantly affecting user experience.
Innovation Solution
Implement a human-machine interaction method that includes displaying a first floating window for navigation guidance and a second floating window for audio control, allowing users to interact with multiple applications simultaneously, and switch between them through sliding or tapping operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If only a single application's interaction information is displayed in driving mode, then the display content is simple and easy to manage, but the user interaction experience is greatly affected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display content into separate floating windows for different applications (navigation window, audio window, etc.). Each window is an independent segment that can be displayed and managed separately, allowing multiple applications to coexist without overwhelming the user interface while maintaining ease of interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces floating windows that overlay the main display, adding a new dimensional layer to the interface. Instead of switching between full-screen applications, the system displays multiple application windows in a layered spatial arrangement, enabling simultaneous access to multiple applications without increasing horizontal complexity.
2Ease of operation
If multiple application windows are displayed simultaneously, then user interaction experience is improved, but screen space management becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent assigns specific functional qualities to different regions of the display. The floating windows are positioned in specific areas (typically corners or edges) and have standardized sizes and formats appropriate to their function. This localized arrangement optimizes screen space by placing each application window in its most effective position rather than attempting uniform distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The floating windows are designed to be dynamically adjustable in size, position, and visibility. Users can resize, move, or hide specific windows based on current needs, allowing the screen space allocation to adapt dynamically rather than being fixed. This enables efficient screen space utilization while maintaining multi-application interaction capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If navigation function is provided in driving mode, then navigation service is available, but switching to other applications interrupts navigation display
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the navigation display from the full-screen map application and places it in a dedicated floating window. This extracted navigation window can remain visible and functional even when other applications are accessed, preventing loss of navigation information while allowing versatile application switching. The navigation function is separated from the requirement of full-screen display.
Solution Approach 2:
The floating navigation window maintains continuous display and functionality throughout the driving mode session, regardless of which application is currently active in the background. The navigation service continues uninterrupted, with its information continuously displayed in the floating window, ensuring that the useful action of navigation persists without interruption while allowing other applications to run concurrently.
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AI summary
Embodiments of this application provide a human-machine interaction method and an electronic device. The method is applied to the electronic device, a running mode of the electronic device includes a driving mode, and the method includes: displaying a first page of the driving mode, where the first page includes a display window of a map application; and when a navigation function of the map application is enabled, if a user switches the first page to a page used to display a non-map-type application, displaying navigation guidance information of the map application on the page by using a first floating window; or when a navigation function of the map application is disabled, if a user switches the first page to a page used to display a non-audio-type application, displaying audio playing control information of an audio-type application on the page by using a second floating window.