Flexible Device UI Deformation Notification Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional devices require users to interrupt and re-launch applications to check notifications, leading to inconvenient procedures and inefficient multitasking due to their fixed shape and notification methods.
Innovation Solution
A flexible device with sensors and a user interface that detects deformation, allowing for dynamic display changes and notification management through touch inputs, enabling seamless switching between applications and regions without interrupting the current task.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If a conventional bar-type device with fixed shape is used, then the device structure is simple and stable, but the user must interrupt and re-launch applications to check notifications, resulting in loss of time and inefficient multitasking
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple regions, with a first region for displaying the current application and a second region for displaying notifications. This segmentation allows users to view both the current application and notifications simultaneously without interrupting the current task, thereby reducing time loss while maintaining simple device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the flexible device's deformable characteristic to create a third spatial dimension for notification display. When the device is bent, the display forms an angled configuration where notifications appear in a separate visual plane, enabling multitasking without requiring additional physical buttons or complex device architecture.
2Ease of operation
If the device shape is fixed, then manufacturing is simple and reliable, but the user interface lacks flexibility in managing notifications and switching applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible display that can dynamically change its shape between a first state (flat) and a second state (bent). In the first state, the display shows the current application; in the second state, it displays notifications in a separate region. This dynamic shape change provides ease of operation for notification management while maintaining a simple fixed structure when not in use.
3Productivity
If multiple applications are accessed sequentially, then device complexity is low, but productivity decreases due to repeated termination and relaunching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the notification display function with the existing display screen by creating a second display region that appears when the device is bent. This allows notifications and the current application to be displayed simultaneously in different regions, enabling users to monitor multiple applications without terminating or relaunching them, thereby improving productivity while keeping the device interface relatively simple.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a method of providing a user interface in a flexible device, the method comprising: determining whether the device is released; displaying at least one user interface on the device on the basis of the determination; and receiving a touch input to the displayed user interface.