Dual Display Window Swapping via Pinch Gesture
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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 the dual use of screens for content delivery and input reception, which complicates complex interactions.
Innovation Solution
A dual multi-display handheld computing device with two touch-sensitive screens that allows images to be swapped between displays in response to user gestures, enabling more efficient navigation and reordering of display objects through a gesture capture region and middleware operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single touch screen display is used to provide both content delivery and input reception, then device flexibility and configurability are improved, but visual clutter and user frustration increase due to the dual use of the screen
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into two separate touch screen displays. The first touch screen display is dedicated to displaying content (first displayed image), while the second touch screen display is dedicated to receiving user inputs (second displayed image). This segmentation eliminates visual clutter by separating content delivery from input reception, allowing each display to serve its primary function without obstruction.
2Ease of operation
If the display space is reduced to accommodate input areas on a single screen, then input capability is improved, but the ability to interpret displayed information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the display system into two separate screens, the first touch screen can be dedicated to displaying information without any input interface elements, maximizing the area available for content interpretation. The second touch screen provides the full input interface without compromising the first screen's information display area.
3Ease of operation
If a virtual keypad or user interface scheme is superimposed on the executing application, then input functionality is improved, but the application display area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface scheme is moved from being superimposed on the application to being displayed on a separate second touch screen. This allows the first touch screen to display the executing application in full screen without any virtual keypad or interface elements overlaying it, while the second touch screen provides the input functionality.
4Productivity
If window swapping functionality is added to dual display devices, then navigation efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects when a window should be swapped between displays and performs the swap operation without requiring complex user instructions. The microprocessor monitors the display state and automatically executes the window swapping when appropriate conditions are met, reducing the complexity of user interaction while maintaining high navigation efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed method and device are directed to a communication device that receives, by a gesture capture region and/or a touch sensitive display, a gesture while a first touch sensitive display is displaying a first displayed image and a second touch sensitive display is displaying a second displayed image and, in response, ceasing to display the first displayed image on the first touch sensitive display and commencing to display the first displayed image on the second touch sensitive display and ceasing to display a second displayed image on the second touch sensitive display and commencing to display the second displayed image on the first touch sensitive display.