Dual Touchscreen Display Gesture Control for Portable Browsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable devices with small screen sizes and limited user interfaces hinder satisfactory web browsing and usability of applications due to their compact nature.
Innovation Solution
A portable display device with two touch-sensitive screens, where a processor generates images for both screens and interchanges them based on gestures provided on the second touch-sensitive screen, allowing for enhanced web browsing and application control through intuitive gestures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If a portable device uses a small screen size to maintain portability, then the device remains compact and portable, but web browsing and application usability become unsatisfactory
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a single-screen two-dimensional interface to a multi-screen three-dimensional spatial arrangement, allowing content to be distributed across multiple display surfaces. This enables larger effective display area while maintaining device portability, as screens can be folded or arranged in different configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system is divided into multiple separate screens that can function independently or together. Each screen can display different content or portions of the same content, allowing users to access more information simultaneously without requiring a single large screen, thus maintaining device compactness while improving usability.
2Device complexity
If a portable device uses a limited user interface to maintain simplicity, then the device remains simple and compact, but navigation and control become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The touch-sensitive screens serve multiple functions: they display content, detect user input, and provide haptic feedback. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate physical buttons and controls, maintaining interface simplicity while enhancing navigation capabilities through the touchscreen's versatile interaction modes.
Solution Approach 2:
The haptic feedback mechanism provides tactile response to user interactions on the touch screen, giving users immediate physical confirmation of their inputs. This feedback loop improves navigation control by making the interface more responsive and intuitive, compensating for the lack of traditional physical buttons while maintaining overall interface simplicity.
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AI summary
An example computing device includes a touch screen display; wireless communication circuitry; one or more processors; and memory for storing a browser program for displaying web pages on the touch screen display. The one or more processors are configured to execute the browser program to control the computing device to at least: display, on the touch screen display, web pages accessed via the wireless communication circuitry; receive either a first input or a second input to the touch screen, wherein the second input is different from the first input and an initial touch on the touch screen for the first input and for the second input is a link on the displayed web page; in response to the first input, perform a first operation; and in response to the second input, perform a second operation, different from the first operation.