Dual Multi-Display Device Segmentation for Input 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 complex interactions.
Innovation Solution
A dual multi-display handheld computing device with a primary and secondary touch-sensitive screen that can be oriented and configured in various positions, allowing for enhanced display configurations and input methods, including gesture recognition, to provide a more efficient and versatile user experience.
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 improved, but visual clutter increases and information interpretation becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The display is divided into multiple independent display regions that can be simultaneously active. Each region can display different content (e.g., application interface, virtual keypad, information) without overlapping, allowing users to access input capabilities while maintaining clear visibility of information in separate segments of the display.
Solution Approach 2:
The display transitions from a two-dimensional flat surface to a three-dimensional structure with multiple stacked display regions. This vertical stacking allows multiple interfaces to coexist in different spatial layers, enabling input and information display simultaneously without visual interference.
2Loss of information
If the display area is increased to reduce visual clutter, then information interpretation is improved, but the area available for input methods decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The display surface is segmented into multiple functional zones that can be independently sized and positioned. This allows the information display area to be expanded in certain regions while maintaining dedicated input areas in other regions, resolving the trade-off between information visibility and input capability.
Solution Approach 2:
By stacking display regions vertically in three-dimensional space, the patent effectively increases the total display area without reducing the footprint of individual input zones. Users gain access to more information display space while preserving adequate input area through the vertical arrangement of display layers.
3Device complexity
If a single display is used to provide both content and receive inputs, then device simplicity is maintained, but user productivity decreases due to limited screen space
Solution Approach 1:
The single display is segmented into multiple functional display regions that can operate simultaneously for different purposes. This segmentation enables complex interactions and enhanced productivity within what appears to be a single display device, as multiple tasks can be performed in parallel across different segments without requiring multiple physical displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The display structure is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously - displaying information, receiving input, and enabling complex interactions all within the same physical display device. The segmented display regions allow the single display to universally handle various tasks that would traditionally require multiple separate displays or interfaces.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and devices for connecting a mobile device with different data storage devices located either locally or remotely are provided. The device may apply one or more rules to create a hierarchical virtualization of the several data storage devices. The virtualization may then be provided to the user as a single, hierarchical file system. Further, a monitoring system may monitor the file system to determine if any new applications have been installed or if applications are currently being executed. If a connection is made to a secure network, the system may provide the information derived from the monitoring to the secure network. The secure network can then analyze the information to determine if any of the applications should be uninstalled from the device or should be stopped while the device is connected to the network.