Dynamic Touchpad Area Adjustment for Dual-Screen Laptops

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Solution Overview

Problem

Dual-screen laptops with fixed touchpads become inconvenient as user attitudes and holding states vary, limiting applicability and causing operational inefficiencies.

Innovation Solution

A touch control method that obtains attitude and holding information to dynamically determine a variable target area on dual screens, generating touch parameters for accurate and efficient touch operations based on the size and position of the target area.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the touchpad is fixed at a fixed position with unchanged size, then the device structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the applicability and convenience are reduced when users hold the device in different attitudes

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveapplicabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The touchpad area is transformed from a fixed static region to a dynamic adjustable region. The system dynamically determines the touchpad area based on detected holding attitudes, allowing the touchpad position and size to change according to different usage scenarios. This resolves the contradiction by making the touchpad adaptive to various holding attitudes while maintaining a relatively simple overall device structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameters (position and size) of the touchpad area based on different holding attitudes. By detecting the holding attitude and adjusting the touchpad area parameters accordingly, the system achieves adaptability without requiring multiple physical touchpads or complex mechanical structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If the touchpad is fixed at a fixed position with unchanged size, then the device structure is simple, but the convenience and operational efficiency are reduced when users hold the device in different attitudes

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveconvenienceVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The touchpad area is transformed from a fixed static region to a dynamic adjustable region. The system dynamically determines the touchpad area based on detected holding attitudes, allowing the touchpad position and size to change according to different usage scenarios. This resolves the contradiction by making the touchpad adaptive to various holding attitudes while maintaining a relatively simple overall device structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically detects the holding attitude and adjusts the touchpad area without requiring manual user configuration. This self-adjusting mechanism improves convenience by eliminating the need for users to manually reconfigure the touchpad for different attitudes, while the automated nature keeps the system relatively simple.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If the touchpad area is dynamically adjusted based on holding attitudes, then the applicability and convenience are improved, but the complexity of determining and controlling the touchpad area increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveapplicabilityVSAvoidcontrol complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes the relationship between different holding attitudes and corresponding touchpad areas. By detecting the holding attitude and mapping it to a predetermined touchpad configuration, the system achieves dynamic adaptability without requiring complex real-time calculation and control algorithms, thus reducing control complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Ease of operation

If the touchpad area is dynamically adjusted based on holding attitudes, then the convenience and operational efficiency are improved, but the complexity of determining and controlling the touchpad area increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveconvenienceVSAvoidcontrol complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes the relationship between different holding attitudes and corresponding touchpad areas. By detecting the holding attitude and mapping it to a predetermined touchpad configuration, the system achieves dynamic adaptability without requiring complex real-time calculation and control algorithms, thus reducing control complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11669241B2Touch control method, apparatus, and device and computer-readable storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.06.06 LENOVO (BEIJING) LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a touch control method. The method includes obtaining attitude information and/or holding information of an electronic device; determining a target area located in a first display area of the electronic device and/or a second display area of the electronic device, and presenting a control mark in the first display area or the second display area based on the attitude information and/or the holding information; generating a touch parameter based on size information of the target area; and controlling the control mark to execute an operation instruction corresponding to a touch operation based on the touch parameter in response to the touch operation for the target area.