Dual Display Icon Input for Simultaneous App Execution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices with multiple displays face challenges in efficiently executing multiple applications across both screens through icon selection, lacking a seamless method to manage and display application execution screens.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with multiple displays and a processor that detects inputs of multiple icons on either display to display corresponding application execution screens, allowing for the execution of multiple applications across both screens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an electronic device with two displays sequentially displays execution screens of multiple applications through icon selection on one display at a time, then each application can be displayed correctly, but the user cannot efficiently execute multiple applications across both displays simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the single-display icon selection paradigm to a multi-display spatial dimension. When multiple icons are selected across different displays, the system maps each selected icon to a corresponding display, utilizing the spatial arrangement of displays to enable simultaneous multi-application execution. This dimensional extension allows users to leverage the physical layout of multiple displays for more efficient task management.
2Device complexity
If the electronic device displays execution screens of multiple applications through icon selection on a single display, then the system remains simple to operate, but the device cannot effectively utilize multiple displays for parallel application execution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the icon selection mechanism universal across multiple displays. The same interaction paradigm used for single-display icon selection is extended to multi-display scenarios, where icons on different displays can be simultaneously selected to launch applications on respective displays. This universal approach maintains operational simplicity while enabling multi-display versatility.
3Productivity
If the electronic device enables simultaneous execution of multiple applications across two displays through multi-icon selection, then multi-tasking capability is enhanced, but the system complexity for detecting and managing multiple icon inputs increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the multi-icon selection process into individual display-level detection tasks. Each display independently detects icon selections on its own surface, and the system aggregates these segmented detection results to determine which applications to execute on which displays. This segmentation reduces the overall detection complexity by breaking down the global multi-icon detection problem into localized per-display detection tasks.
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first display, a second display, and a processor configured to display execution screens of applications corresponding to at least two icons on the first display and the second display, when detecting the least two icons in at least one display among the first display and the second display.