Landscape Notification Bar Layout for Icons and Messages
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing notification bar in a landscape state of electronic devices has low layout space utilization due to the display of notification messages only in the middle region, leaving blank areas unused.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a notification bar interface with a first region to display icons and a second region for notification messages, allowing for efficient utilization of space by displaying additional icons alongside notification messages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If notification messages are displayed only in the middle region of the notification bar in landscape state, then the notification message display function is maintained, but the layout space utilization is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The notification bar is divided into multiple functional regions: a first region for displaying notification messages and a second region for displaying icons. This segmentation allows each region to serve its specific purpose while utilizing the entire notification bar space efficiently, resolving the contradiction between maintaining notification display function and improving space utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a horizontal dimension to the notification bar layout by adding icons in the second region alongside the notification messages in the first region. This dimensional expansion transforms the traditional vertical list format into a horizontal multi-element layout, effectively utilizing the landscape screen real estate while maintaining notification functionality.
2Ease of operation
If the notification bar is displayed in landscape state with traditional list format, then the notification message can be checked, but the blank area is wasted resulting in low layout space utilization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the notification message display function with icon display functionality within the same notification bar interface. By combining these two functions into a unified layout where icons are displayed alongside notification messages, the system achieves both operational convenience and improved space utilization without requiring separate interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification bar is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a notification display area and an icon display area. This universal design allows the notification bar to perform multiple functions simultaneously, eliminating wasted space while maintaining ease of operation for notification checking.
3Area of stationary object
If icons are displayed in the first region alongside notification messages, then layout space utilization is improved, but the interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into distinct first and second regions with clear functional assignments. The first region handles notification messages while the second region handles icons, creating a modular structure that simplifies the overall interface design despite adding functionality. This segmentation prevents the interface from becoming overly complex by maintaining clear separation of concerns.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide an interface display method and an electronic device. The method includes: receiving a first input performed by a user in a case that an electronic device is in a landscape state and displays a first interface of a first application; and displaying, in response to the first input, a notification bar interface and displaying N first icons in a first region, wherein the notification bar interface includes the first region and a second region, the second region is configured to display a notification message, and a first icon is configured to indicate a first object.