Dynamic Multi-Window Layout Adaptation for Foldable Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices struggle to dynamically map and configure multi-window layouts for multiple applications in a user-intuitive manner, especially on devices with variable display sizes like foldable or rollable displays.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with sensors, a display, processors, and memory that obtains display feature information, allows users to select and configure multi-window layouts, and generates icons that intuitively represent these layouts, enabling users to store and retrieve desired layouts easily.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device maps only a specified layout when generating an icon, then the layout generation is simple, but the user cannot configure a custom layout
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts the layout mapping process based on user needs. When a user selects multiple applications, the system automatically generates an icon representing a multi-window layout mapping those applications, allowing flexible configuration without predefined constraints
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically generates the layout mapping icon based on user selections without requiring manual configuration. When users select multiple applications, the system autonomously creates the multi-window layout icon representing their selection, reducing operational complexity while maintaining configurability
2Loss of information
If the electronic device does not provide an icon reflecting the multi-window layout, then the icon design is simple, but the user cannot intuitively recognize the layout
Solution Approach 1:
The generated icon visually represents the multi-window layout through graphical elements that reflect the arrangement and configuration of the mapped applications, enabling users to intuitively recognize the layout without additional text or labels
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a visual copy or representation of the multi-window layout within the icon itself, allowing users to see the layout configuration directly in the icon graphic, which improves intuitive recognition while the system handles the complex generation process automatically
3Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device uses a fixed multi-window layout, then the layout determination is simple, but the layout cannot adapt to variable display sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The multi-window layout is dynamically determined based on real-time display feature information obtained from sensors. When the display size or configuration changes (e.g., foldable device folded or unfolded), the system automatically adjusts the layout mapping to optimize the multi-window arrangement for the current display state
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes layout parameters based on display feature information such as screen size, resolution, and configuration state. By monitoring and responding to changes in display parameters, the system adapts the multi-window layout accordingly without requiring manual reconfiguration, achieving display adaptability while the system manages the complexity
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sensor, a display, a processor, and a memory including instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to acquire display feature information based on a state of the electronic device, receive a first user input which selects a first icon displayed in a first area of the display for executing an application, determine a multi-window layout for displaying an execution screen of multiple applications in response to the first user input, based on the display feature information, display the determined multi-window layout in a second area of the display, display a second icon to which an operation of storing the displayed multi-window layout is mapped, upon receiving a second user input of selecting the second icon, store the multi-window layout, and generate a third icon to which the multi-window layout is mapped, and display the third icon in the first area.