Flexible Display Segmentation for Multi-App Notification Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices face challenges in efficiently managing and displaying content from multiple applications simultaneously, particularly in determining the appropriate user interface based on the type of application-related content, which can lead to user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a flexible display that can change size, featuring a controller to segregate content from different applications into distinct areas and adjust display styles based on content types, allowing notifications to be displayed in a manner that minimizes interruption and enhances usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications are displayed simultaneously on the display, then the electronic device can perform various tasks in parallel, but the user interface becomes complex and difficult to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The display is divided into multiple independent display areas, each dedicated to a specific application. The controller manages each display area separately, allowing different applications to be displayed simultaneously without interfering with each other. This segmentation simplifies user interface management by providing clear visual separation between tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
Each display area is configured with specific characteristics suited to its designated application. The controller adjusts display parameters locally for each area based on the application type, optimizing the user interface for each specific task while maintaining overall system versatility.
2Loss of information
If notification content is displayed on the display, then users are informed of important events, but the continuous visual information disrupts the primary content viewing
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into a first display area for primary application content and a second display area specifically for notifications. By separating notification display from primary content display, the system ensures that notification delivery does not disrupt the user's viewing of primary content, while still maintaining effective communication of important events.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller acts as an intermediary that manages the coordination between notification display and primary content display. It determines optimal display timing and positioning for notifications based on the current state of primary content viewing, mediating between the need for notification delivery and the need to maintain content viewing continuity.
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AI summary
According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a display that is flexible, has at least a portion located at a first side of the electronic device, and is changeable in size to which the display is exposed to the first side, and a controller configured to display content related to a first application in a first area of the display and display content related to a second application in a second area of the display, wherein when an event related to a notification is identified, the controller displays content related to the notification on one area determined from the first area and the second area based on at least one of the content related to the first application and the content related to the second application.