Grouped GUI Title Resizing for Scrollable List Navigation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional displays lack adequate and convenient navigation options for users to efficiently search through increasing content varieties on electronic devices.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus and method that dynamically adjusts the title width of GUI groups based on scroll inputs, abbreviating or summarizing titles when the list width changes, and maintaining focus items to enhance user interface navigation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the list width is changed according to scroll input, then the navigation efficiency is improved, but the title may overlap or become unreadable

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenavigation efficiencyVSAvoidtitle readability

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The title width is dynamically adjusted based on the current list width. When the list width changes during scrolling, the title width automatically adapts to prevent overlap and maintain readability, resolving the contradiction between navigation efficiency and title readability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the title width parameter in response to list width changes. By monitoring the list width during scroll operations and adjusting the title width accordingly, the system ensures titles remain readable while allowing efficient navigation through variable list widths.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If the title width is increased to display full titles, then the readability is improved, but the list width may be insufficient to accommodate the title

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetitle readabilityVSAvoidlist width

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The title width is made dynamic rather than fixed. It adjusts its width based on the available list width, allowing the system to display full titles when space permits while preventing overlap when the list width is constrained during scroll operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Quantity of substance

If the list width is decreased to accommodate more items, then the information density is improved, but the title may overlap with the list items

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of displayable itemsVSAvoidtitle readability

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The title width dynamically responds to list width changes. When the list width decreases to accommodate more items during scrolling, the title width automatically adjusts to prevent overlap, maintaining both information density and title readability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12596464B2Electronic apparatus and method for providing user interface thereof

Publication Date: 2026.04.07 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

An electronic apparatus includes: one or more processors are configured to: display a list comprising (i) a first group that includes one or more first graphic user interface (GUI) items and (ii) a second group that includes one or more second GUI items, display a title of the first group on at least one of an upper end or a lower end of a display of the one or more first GUI items on the display, display a title of the second group on at least one of an upper end or a lower end of a display of the second group on the display, and display a modified title of one of the first group and the second group by changing a title width of at least one of the first group or the second group on the display.