Foldable Display Layout for Seamless Cross-App Redirection
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Solution Overview
Problem
User experience is interrupted during cross-application redirection in mobile terminals due to the interface displaying only the content of the new application, leading to a reduction in user experience.
Innovation Solution
A display method for electronic devices with foldable displays that allows simultaneous display of content from both the original and temporary applications based on the device's physical form, using techniques such as floating, split-screen, or both on the home screen, ensuring continuous viewing without form changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a common floating window is used to implement parallelism of multiple tasks, then task parallelism is achieved, but user experience is interrupted during cross-application redirection because the interface displays only content of the new application
Solution Approach 1:
The display interface is segmented into multiple regions, with each region displaying content from different applications. The original application content is retained in one region while the new application content is displayed in another region, allowing both applications to be visible simultaneously and eliminating the need to completely switch between applications.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using a traditional floating window that overlays the entire screen, the patent divides the display area into multiple spatial regions. This dimensional approach allows content from multiple applications to coexist in different areas of the screen, providing continuous access to both applications without interruption.
2Area of stationary object
If the interface displays only content of the new application during cross-application redirection, then the new application content is fully visible, but the original application content is lost, leading to user experience interruption
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the display areas of multiple applications by dividing the screen into multiple regions. Each region displays content from a different application, allowing users to view and interact with multiple applications simultaneously without losing content from any single application.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display screen are allocated to different applications, with each region optimized for its specific application content. This local allocation ensures that each application's content is fully visible in its designated region while other applications remain accessible in other regions.
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AI summary
A display method and an electronic device are disclosed. The method is for a first electronic device having a foldable display displaying a first interface of a first application. The method includes: detecting, on the first interface, a first operation of starting a temporary application by a user, where the first operation does not change a physical form of the first electronic device, and the physical form includes a folded state and an unfolded state; and displaying, in response to the first operation, a second interface based on the physical form of the first electronic device, where the second interface includes the first interface and an interface of the temporary application.