Dynamic Display Position Adjustment for Overlap Prevention

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices face operability issues when users attempt to input instructions by positioning items on a display screen, as the display positions of items like autofocus frames and buttons can overlap or change unexpectedly, leading to unintended operations.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a detection unit, display control unit, and control unit that adjusts the display position of items based on user input, ensuring that items are displayed and positioned correctly, even when their initial positions change, to prevent overlap and improve user interaction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If the display position of items is determined in advance, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to overlapping and unintended operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay control complexityVSAvoiduser input accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the display position of the first display item adjustable rather than fixed. The control unit changes the display position according to user operations, allowing the system to adapt dynamically between different display states (first state and second state) to prevent overlapping and improve operability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the display position parameter of the first display item based on user operations. When transitioning from the first state to the second state, the display position parameter is modified to a new position, and the predetermined item is displayed at a corresponding position to maintain proper spacing and prevent unintended operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If the display position of items changes according to operations, then the ease of operation improves, but the reliability deteriorates due to unintended processes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser input flexibilityVSAvoidoperation accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback by detecting user operations on the display screen and responding by changing the display position of the first display item accordingly. The control unit monitors user interactions and adjusts the display state to prevent overlapping, providing feedback to the user through visual changes that confirm the intended operation and prevent unintended processes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies preliminary anti-action by proactively changing the display position of the first display item before an unintended operation can occur. When the system detects that a user wants to input a position in the area where the first display item is displayed, it transitions to the second state and positions the predetermined item to prevent overlapping and potential unintended operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Data Source

PatentUS10630904B2Electronic device, control method for controlling the same, and storage medium for changing a display position
Publication Date: 2020.04.21 CANON KK
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AI summary

An electronic device includes a display control unit configured to perform control to display a first display item and a predetermined item on the display screen, and a control unit configured to perform control in such a manner that, according to an operation on the display screen in a first state, the first state transitions to a second state for changing a display position of the first display item, wherein, in a case where the first state transitions to the second state, the predetermined item is displayed regardless of the display position of the first display item, and in a case where an operation for changing the display position of the first display item is performed in the second state, the predetermined item is displayed at a position corresponding to the changed display position of the first display item.