Electronic Display Theme Adaptation Using Selfie Context

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Solution Overview

Problem

Modern portable electronic devices lack the ability to dynamically customize their display themes based on user context, device context, and environmental data, limiting personal expression and functionality.

Innovation Solution

The electronic devices utilize image capturing devices to determine user context through selfie analysis, environmental sensors to gather device context, and communication interfaces to obtain location and meteorological data, enabling dynamic customization of display themes, including background images, fonts, and color schemes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the electronic device uses multiple sensors and data sources to determine user context and device context, then the customization capability and adaptability are improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecustomization capabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the context determination process into distinct modules: image capturing device for user context, environmental sensors for device context, and communication interface for location data. Each component operates independently and feeds into the controller, which synthesizes the information to determine overall context and apply appropriate customization themes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If the device automatically loads customization themes based on real-time context analysis, then the user experience is improved, but the processing time and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser experienceVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device continuously monitors and pre-processes data from image capturing devices, environmental sensors, and communication interfaces in the background. Context information is prepared and stored in advance, allowing the controller to quickly determine the appropriate customization theme and apply it without noticeable delay to the user.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If the device continuously monitors image content and environmental data to update display themes, then the adaptability is improved, but the energy consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoidenergy consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device implements periodic monitoring of image content and environmental data rather than continuous monitoring. The controller checks for changes in context at scheduled intervals and updates the display theme only when contextual changes are detected, reducing unnecessary processing and energy consumption while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS12417007B2Electronic device display screen customization based on image information

Publication Date: 2025.09.16 MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC

AI summary

A method provides techniques for electronic device display screen customization based on image information. The method includes detecting, by at least one processor of an electronic device that comprises an electronic display and an image capturing device, a self-photo within received image content from the image capturing device. The method includes determining a user context from information within the received image content, and loading a customization display theme for the electronic device, based on the user context, wherein the customization display theme includes one or more theme elements.