Foldable Screen Cloud Desktop Multi-Display Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current desktop cloud application programs require users to exit the cloud desktop interface to view information from other applications on a mobile device, such as SMS or WeChat messages, causing inconvenience and affecting user experience.
Innovation Solution
A display method for electronic devices with foldable screens that allows simultaneous display of a cloud desktop interface and another operating system's interface when the screen is unfolded, enabling users to view information from both systems concurrently, with options for full-screen or window display and drag-and-drop functionality between interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the cloud desktop application program runs in full screen, then the cloud desktop interface is displayed clearly, but the user cannot view information from other applications simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple independent display areas, with each area capable of showing different interfaces (cloud desktop interface and other application interfaces) simultaneously. This segmentation allows users to view multiple applications at once without compromising the clarity of either interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single full-screen display mode to a multi-area display mode by utilizing the screen space in a different dimensional arrangement. Instead of one application occupying the entire screen, multiple applications are arranged in different display areas, enabling simultaneous viewing while maintaining full-screen utilization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the user exits the cloud desktop application to view other applications, then information from other applications becomes accessible, but the cloud desktop operation is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the screen into multiple display areas, the system allows the cloud desktop interface to remain active in one area while other applications are displayed in separate areas. This eliminates the need to exit the cloud desktop application to check other information, maintaining work continuity while providing access to multiple applications simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functionality of multiple applications into a single screen view. Users can access both the cloud desktop and other applications (such as messaging apps) at the same time on the same device screen, combining what were previously mutually exclusive viewing options into a unified multi-tasking interface.
3Ease of operation
If multiple interfaces are displayed simultaneously, then user convenience is improved, but the display layout complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The screen is divided into distinct display areas with clear boundaries, making it easy for users to understand which area corresponds to which application. This structured segmentation simplifies the user's mental model of the display layout, even though multiple interfaces are shown simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
Different display areas can have different characteristics or configurations optimized for their specific content. Each display area can be independently adjusted or configured, allowing the system to manage complexity by treating each area as a separate entity with its own optimization criteria rather than managing the entire screen as a single complex unit.
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AI summary
A display method applied to an electronic device having a foldable screen includes: in response to the foldable screen being in a folded state, the electronic device controls the foldable screen to display a first interface of a first application, where the first interface is a cloud desktop interface of a first operating system; and in response to the foldable screen changing from the folded state to an unfolded state, the electronic device controls the foldable screen to simultaneously display the first interface and a second interface of a second operating system loaded by the electronic device.