Floating Interface Repositioning for Brightness-Matched Display Layout

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing interface display technologies fail to adjust the position of secondary interfaces flexibly to match user visual effects, leading to mismatches between display and visual effects due to fixed positioning.

Innovation Solution

The method adjusts the display position of a secondary interface on a primary interface based on pixel values in the target region, using brightness values to determine and align the secondary interface's position to match the user's visual experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If the second interface is displayed in a fixed position on the first interface, then the display structure is simple and stable, but the visual effect does not match user expectations due to brightness differences in different regions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepositioning precisionVSAvoidvisual comfort
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic positioning of the second interface by continuously monitoring brightness values in target regions and automatically adjusting the interface position to achieve visual balance. The system transitions from static fixed positioning to dynamic adaptive positioning, where the interface location changes based on real-time brightness analysis of background regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs feedback mechanisms by calculating brightness values of pixels in target regions, comparing these values against desired visual balance criteria, and using this information to adjust the position of the second interface. This closed-loop control ensures that the interface positioning continuously adapts to maintain optimal visual effect.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Ease of operation

If the second interface position is adjusted to match visual effects, then user satisfaction is improved, but the system complexity increases due to brightness calculation and position adjustment mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual comfortVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-adjustment by automatically calculating brightness values and repositioning the second interface without requiring manual user intervention. The electronic device autonomously monitors visual conditions and corrects positioning issues, eliminating the need for complex user controls while maintaining visual comfort.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the positioning parameters of the second interface based on brightness value analysis. By dynamically adjusting positional parameters (x, y coordinates) according to calculated brightness differences in target regions, the system achieves visual balance through parameter optimization rather than complex structural modifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Manufacturing precision

If brightness values are calculated for all pixels in target regions, then positioning accuracy is improved, but energy consumption increases due to continuous pixel analysis

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepositioning accuracyVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential information needed for positioning by calculating brightness values of pixels specifically in the target regions adjacent to the second interface, rather than analyzing all pixels on the display. This selective extraction reduces computational load while maintaining positioning accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by performing brightness calculations only in the necessary target regions (first and second sub-regions) rather than the entire display area. This partial analysis approach achieves sufficient positioning accuracy with reduced energy consumption compared to comprehensive full-screen pixel analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentEP4671938A1Interface processing method, electronic device, storage medium, and computer program product
Publication Date: 2025.12.31 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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AI summary

An interface processing method includes displaying, in a floating manner, a second interface on a first interface, where the second interface has a smaller size than the first interface; determining a target region in the first interface not covered by the second interface; and adjusting, based on a pixel value of a pixel in the target region, a display position of the second interface on the first interface.