Interactive Display Slate Pairing for Screen-Free Smartphone Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Frequent activation of smartphone displays leads to undesirable power consumption and inconvenience, such as increased risk of damage from handling, due to frequent screen checks for notifications and other information access.
Innovation Solution
A user device is electronically paired with a non-wearable display slate that automatically detects proximity, allowing information to be displayed on the slate without activating the smartphone screen, utilizing multiple antennas and wireless communication standards for seamless pairing and interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If the user frequently checks the smartphone display for notifications and information, then the user can access information quickly, but the power consumption increases and the risk of damage from handling increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the display function from the smartphone by introducing a display slate that can be worn on the body. The smartphone remains in the pocket while the display slate is worn externally, allowing information access without repeatedly taking out and handling the smartphone.
Solution Approach 2:
The display slate acts as an intermediary device between the user and the smartphone. It receives data from the smartphone via wireless communication and presents it on a separate display, eliminating the need for direct smartphone handling.
2Ease of operation
If the user frequently handles the smartphone to check the display, then the user can view notifications and information, but the risk of damage from handling increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the smartphone into two separate components: the processing unit (smartphone in pocket) and the display unit (display slate worn on body). This segmentation eliminates the need to repeatedly handle the smartphone for information viewing.
Solution Approach 2:
The display slate serves as an intermediary that displays information without requiring the user to handle the smartphone. The wireless communication link maintains data synchronization between the two devices.
3Loss of information
If the smartphone display is activated frequently for notifications, then the user stays informed, but the power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display function is extracted from the smartphone and transferred to the display slate. The smartphone's processor and communication modules remain active to receive and process data, but the energy-intensive display screen operates only on the wearable slate.
Solution Approach 2:
The display slate acts as an intermediary display device that receives data wirelessly from the smartphone and presents it locally, allowing the smartphone to remain in a lower power state while maintaining notification awareness.
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AI summary
In a user device such as a smartphone, frequent display screen activation causes undesirable power consumption and other inconveniences to the user, such as taking out his smartphone from a pocket to look at its screen, which increases the chances of his smartphone being dropped or damaged. Based upon such problem recognition, the present inventor conceived various inventive features that allow user relevant information to be provided onto a so-called display slate, without having to activate the display screen of the user device. Such an interactive display platform allows for performing a wireless pairing operation between a user device and at least one display slate located in proximity to the user device, providing, on the display slate, user relevant information related to or received from the user device without the screen of the user device being activated, and allowing, via the display slate, the user to interact with the user relevant information provided thereon.