Landscape Interface Layout Using Segmented Display Areas
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices struggle to normally display applications in landscape orientation due to a mismatch between the display screen's aspect ratio and conventional ratios, leading to suboptimal interface presentation.
Innovation Solution
The display screen is divided into non-overlapping, narrow vertical bar-shaped areas in landscape orientation, allowing applications to be displayed in these areas with aspect ratios that closely match the preset ratio, ensuring proper interface presentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the display screen is used in landscape orientation with conventional aspect ratios, then the display area is maximized, but the application interface cannot be normally displayed due to aspect ratio mismatch
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple display areas (first display area, second display area, etc.) when the electronic device is in landscape orientation. Each display area has a narrow vertical bar shape with aspect ratios that match conventional application interface requirements, allowing applications to be normally displayed in these segmented areas while the overall display screen maintains its large landscape area.
2Reliability
If the display screen is divided into multiple narrow vertical bar-shaped areas, then the application interface can be normally displayed with correct aspect ratios, but the effective display area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the display configuration based on the orientation state of the electronic device. When in portrait orientation, the display screen shows applications in full-screen mode. When rotated to landscape orientation, the system switches to the multi-display-area mode with narrow vertical bars. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to optimize for either full display area or correct aspect ratio depending on the current orientation, resolving the contradiction between these two requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If applications are designed for portrait mode with conventional aspect ratios, then they display correctly in portrait orientation, but they cannot be normally displayed in landscape orientation
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is designed to perform multiple functions based on orientation: in portrait orientation it provides full-screen display for applications, while in landscape orientation it automatically switches to a multi-area configuration with narrow vertical bars that accommodate conventional aspect ratios. This multi-functional design allows the same system to support applications designed for portrait mode regardless of whether the device is held in portrait or landscape orientation, thereby improving both adaptability and display reliability.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes a first application. The electronic device detects a first operation. The electronic device displays, in a landscape orientation state, a first interface of the first application in a first area of a display screen of the electronic device in response to the first operation. The electronic device detects a second operation on the first interface, where the second operation enables the electronic device to open a second interface of the first application. The electronic device displays the second interface in a second area in response to the second operation. The display screen includes at least two areas, the at least two areas include the first area and the second area, and different areas of the display screen do not overlap.