Expandable Display Content Positioning for Wearable Device Settings
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable devices with small or no screens face difficulties in setting due to limited display space, and when used with interconnected electronic devices, setting can be inconvenient and may interfere with existing content.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with an expandable display is used to provide a setting screen for wearable devices, where the processor determines the position to display additional content related to the wearable device, considering the type of content currently running on the interconnected electronic device and the state of the expandable display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a setting screen is provided on a wearable device with a small screen, then the device can be set, but the setting space is limited and conditions are restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the wearable device with an electronic device having a wide screen, allowing the setting interface to be displayed on the electronic device's display. This merging enables full-screen setting operations while maintaining wireless connectivity between the devices, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and display space.
2Ease of operation
If a setting screen is provided on an interconnected electronic device with a wide screen, then device settings can be performed conveniently, but it may interfere with the use of existing content on the electronic device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display area into a first display area for showing the setting interface and a second display area for showing existing content. This spatial segmentation allows both setting operations and content consumption to occur simultaneously without mutual interference, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and harmful interference.
3Productivity
If the display is expanded to provide more setting space, then device settings can be performed efficiently, but the existing content display may be disturbed
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into multiple independent display areas where the first display area shows the setting interface and the second display area maintains existing content. This segmentation enables full-screen setting operations without disturbing content display, resolving the contradiction between productivity and harmful factors.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display are assigned different functions: the first display area is optimized for setting operations while the second display area maintains its original content display quality. This local quality differentiation allows each area to perform its function optimally without interfering with the other, resolving the contradiction between setting efficiency and content disturbance.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a main display area and at least one expansion display area expandable from the main display area, a communication module, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute an application of the electronic device in a first state in which the display is not expanded or in a second state in which the display is expanded, display first content on the display, establish a connection with an external device, receive a context generated from the external device, when the context is received, determine a position to display second content related to the context, from among the main display area or the at least one expansion display area, based on a type of the first content and whether the display is in the first state or the second state, and display the second content at the determined position.