Electronic Device Resolution Adjustment Using User-Defined Screen Areas
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Solution Overview
Problem
Small displays in electronic devices face challenges in displaying sufficient content due to size limitations, particularly when fixed user interfaces occupy a significant portion of the screen, reducing the available content area.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device is equipped with a processor that identifies designated and non-designated areas on the screen based on user input, adjusts the display resolution accordingly, and displays a second screen at the adjusted resolution to optimize content visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a fixed user interface is used in the application execution screen, then the application structure is simplified and development is easier, but the content area size decreases on small displays
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the UI layout adjustable rather than fixed. The system dynamically repositions and resizes UI elements based on display size detection, allowing the same application to adapt its interface layout to different screen dimensions while maintaining the fixed UI structure benefit for development
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes physical parameters of the display system by detecting display size and adjusting UI parameters (position, size, layout) accordingly. This allows the application to maintain simplified development with fixed UI definitions while achieving adaptive content area optimization through parameter changes based on detected display characteristics
2Weight of moving object
If the display size is reduced to fit portable devices, then device portability is improved, but content display sufficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes another dimension by detecting and utilizing the vertical dimension of display size to optimize UI layout. By identifying the shorter dimension of the display and arranging UI elements along that axis, the system maximizes content area utilization in the available spatial dimension without requiring larger physical display size
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters by adjusting UI element positions and sizes based on detected display dimensions. This allows portable devices with reduced display sizes to maintain adequate content display sufficiency through parameter optimization rather than requiring increased physical display size or weight
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first display, memory storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the first display and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to display a first screen of a first application on the first display, identify a designated area and a non-designated area of the first screen based on a user input on the first screen, adjust a resolution where a screen of the first application is to be displayed based on a size of the designated area and a size of the non-designated area, and display a second screen of the first application on the first display at the adjusted resolution.