Dynamic Symbol Display for Input Device Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional keyboard designs have limited flexibility in button arrangement and symbol placement, restricting customization and adaptability to individual user preferences or device configurations.
Innovation Solution
An input device with a display unit adjacent to buttons, capable of dynamically changing displayed symbols based on personalization signals, such as user input or biometric data, allowing for customizable symbol positions and content to accommodate different users and configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If symbols are printed on buttons in a predetermined standardized design, then mass production is facilitated, but design flexibility and customization capability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a display unit to show symbols that correspond to buttons, replacing traditional printed symbols. This allows the same physical keyboard to display different symbols dynamically through software control, enabling mass production of standardized keyboards while providing customization flexibility through digital symbol representation.
Solution Approach 2:
The display unit enables symbols to be dynamically changed based on different modes, languages, or user preferences. Instead of fixed printed symbols, the system can adapt symbol display in real-time, resolving the contradiction between standardized manufacturing and flexible customization.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the number and positions of buttons are fixed, then manufacturing consistency is maintained, but adaptability to different user preferences or device configurations is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit serves multiple functions: displaying symbols for different languages, indicating different input modes, showing status information, and providing visual feedback. This single component enables the fixed button layout to adapt to various user needs and device configurations without requiring physical modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the visual parameters (symbols displayed) without altering the physical button structure. By modifying which symbols are displayed on the display unit corresponding to each button, the system provides customization while maintaining consistent physical manufacturing.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to an input device and a symbol display method thereof. The input device includes at least one button and a display unit. The display unit is arranged in a position adjacent to the button in the input device and includes multiple display regions. The positions of the display regions are corresponding to the positions of the button. The display unit displays multiple display symbols in the display regions. In addition, the display unit is configured to change the display position of at least one display symbol to a different display region according to a personalization signal.