Electronic Device Display Layout for Content Enlargement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices struggle to efficiently enlarge and display content while maintaining aspect ratio and alignment, especially when the content does not fit within the display area, leading to potential user interface issues and dispersed user gaze.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a display and processor that identifies adjacent areas to display enlarged content, adjusts display size and position based on available space, and provides user interface options to manage content enlargement, ensuring alignment and aspect ratio are maintained.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the content is enlarged to improve visibility and detail, then the display quality is improved, but the content may not fit within the available display area, causing layout issues and dispersed user gaze
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into multiple regions: a first display area for the main content, a second display area for the enlarged content, and a third display area for additional content. This segmentation allows the enlarged content to be displayed without disrupting the overall layout, maintaining user gaze alignment while improving visibility and detail.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-dimensional content display to a multi-dimensional display arrangement by introducing a third display area. This allows the enlarged content to be positioned in a different spatial dimension (the second display area) while maintaining the original content in the first display area, thus avoiding layout conflicts and dispersed gaze.
2Quantity of substance
If the content is enlarged to improve detail view, then the information density is improved, but the aspect ratio and alignment may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different display characteristics to different regions: the first display area maintains the original aspect ratio and alignment for the main content, while the second display area is optimized for enlarged content with adjusted aspect ratio and alignment. This local quality approach allows each region to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall system precision.
3Area of moving object
If the display area is increased to accommodate enlarged content, then the content visibility is improved, but the available space for other content is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is divided into multiple independent segments (first, second, and third display areas), each capable of displaying different content. This segmentation allows the enlarged content to occupy the second display area without preventing other content from being displayed in the first and third areas, thus maintaining adaptability and versatility while increasing content visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a multi-functional display system where the first display area can show main content, the second display area can show enlarged content, and the third display area can show additional content. This universality allows the system to adapt to different content arrangement requirements while maintaining the ability to display enlarged content with improved visibility.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes a display; memory storing instructions; and a processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the electronic device to display a screen including a first area including content and a second area including a margin; based on a third area including a portion of the content to be enlarged being selected in the first area, identify a fourth area adjacent to the third area in the second area; identify whether the third area with an enlarged size is displayable within the fourth area; based on identifying that the enlarged third area is displayable within the fourth area, display the enlarged third area in the fourth area; and based on identifying that the enlarged third area is not displayable within the fourth area, display the enlarged third area in at least a partial area of the third area and at least a partial area of the fourth area.