Dual Display Phone Interface Segmentation for Visual Clutter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Handheld computing devices with single touch screen displays face challenges in balancing display graphics and input areas, leading to visual clutter and user frustration due to their limited screen space, which hampers information interpretation and productivity.
Innovation Solution
A dual multi-display handheld device that utilizes two touch-sensitive screens, allowing for various user interface configurations and modes, including the ability to dock with a smartpad for expanded display and input capabilities, enhancing user experience and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a virtual keypad or user interface is superimposed on the display, then input capability is provided, but display space is reduced and visual clutter increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into multiple independent screens, with each screen dedicated to specific functions. The primary screen displays application content while the secondary screen handles user interface elements like keypads, allowing both to coexist without spatial conflict.
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface is moved from the two-dimensional display plane to a third dimension by using a separate physical screen. This spatial separation eliminates the overlap between content display and input interface, resolving the visual clutter problem.
2Productivity
If the display area is increased to improve information interpretation, then productivity is enhanced, but the device form factor becomes less compact
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into two separate display screens that can be positioned at different orientations and locations. This segmentation allows the total display area to be effectively increased for better information interpretation while maintaining a compact form factor when the screens are folded or positioned closely.
Solution Approach 2:
The secondary display screen is integrated into the device structure in a nested manner, allowing it to be stored or positioned in a compact configuration when not in use, thus maintaining a small form factor while providing expanded display capability when needed.
3Device complexity
If a single display is used to provide both content and interface, then device simplicity is maintained, but screen space is severely constrained
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into two separate screens with distinct functional roles. The primary screen is dedicated to content display while the secondary screen handles user interaction, eliminating the need for interface elements to compete for space with content and effectively doubling the available screen real estate.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface for a phone application are provided. More particularly, a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device can be determined. More particularly, a presentation of a user interface for an in-process call of a phone application can be retained after the device is rotated or opened. However, the user interface may move from a first screen to a second screen (or vice versa) in response to receiving the device open signal. The user interface provides detail information about a phone call that is currently in-process.