Gesture Control Point for Mobile Interface Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile terminal interfaces face a conflict between providing users with large visual space and convenient operation buttons, as existing methods require physical or virtual buttons that occupy valuable screen space, limiting customization and flexibility in human-computer interaction.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize gestures to control application interfaces by generating a semi-transparent control point on the screen, which can be moved and docked at preset areas corresponding to specific operations, allowing for intuitive and flexible control without occupying visible screen space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If physical or virtual buttons are added to the interface, then operation convenience is improved, but screen space is occupied
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a semi-transparent control point as an intermediary element that mediates between the user's gesture input and the application interface operations. This control point acts as a virtual mediator that can be positioned anywhere on the screen without physically blocking the display area, yet still provides full operational functionality when docked to preset areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The control point is designed with semi-transparent visual properties that allow the underlying interface content to remain visible through it. This transparency characteristic enables the control element to maintain visibility and interactivity while not occupying or blocking the visual screen space, effectively resolving the conflict between control visibility and screen area utilization.
2Reliability
If the interface layout is fixed with preset buttons, then operation reliability is improved, but customization flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static, fixed interface layout into a dynamic system where the control point can be freely positioned and moved across the screen. The control point dynamically docks to preset areas based on user gesture, allowing the interface to adapt to different operational contexts and user preferences while maintaining reliable operation through the predefined docking areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The control point serves multiple functions: it can be freely positioned for customization, docks to preset areas for reliable operation, and can be restored to free state for repositioning. This multi-functionality allows a single element to provide both customization flexibility and operational reliability depending on its state.
3Ease of operation
If control elements are added to the interface, then operation functionality is improved, but visual space is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The control point employs semi-transparent visual properties that allow the underlying interface content to remain visible through it. This transparency characteristic enables the control element to maintain visibility and interactivity while not occupying or blocking the visual screen space, effectively resolving the conflict between control visibility and screen area utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The control point can be restored to a free state and repositioned, allowing users to create multiple instances or recreate the control point as needed. This copying capability ensures that operational functionality is maintained while preserving visual space, as the control element can be relocated rather than permanently blocking an area.
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AI summary
Various embodiments provide a method, apparatus and mobile terminal for controlling an application interface by means of a gesture. In an exemplary method, a terminal browser can obtain a preset gesture that is inputted into a screen for generating a control point. The control point can be generated according to the preset gesture inputted into the screen. The control point can be associated with one or more preset areas on the screen. The terminal browser can obtain an operation gesture inputted into the screen targeted for the control point and, according to the operation gesture, generate an application interface corresponding to a preset area that the control point is located at. The present disclosure can break through conventional interface operation modes, realizing application interface control via gestures without occupying visible screen space, and adding more freedom for the layout of the application interface on a mobile device.