Mirror Display Interface Rearrangement for Reflection Overlap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices that function as both mirrors and displays face challenges in seamlessly integrating user interfaces without obstructing the mirror reflection, as existing solutions fail to effectively rearrange or position user interfaces to avoid overlap with the user's body region reflected in the display.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with a display that can operate as a mirror, a sensor to capture images of the user, and a controller that identifies the user's body region and rearranges the user interface to ensure it does not overlap with the reflected body, by adjusting the size and position of the interface to be displayed outside the mirror region.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the user interface is displayed on the mirror display, then the user interface functionality is provided, but the user's body region in the mirror reflection becomes obscured
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into multiple regions: a first display region for the user interface and a second display region for the mirror reflection. The controller selectively activates these regions based on detected user presence, allowing the mirror reflection to occupy the full display area when no user is detected, and the user interface to occupy a portion when a user is present.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor detects user presence in advance before the user interface needs to be displayed. Based on this preliminary detection, the controller pre-configures the display regions to avoid obscuring the user's reflection, by positioning the user interface in a region that does not overlap with the detected body region.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the user interface is positioned to avoid the user's reflection, then the mirror reflection remains clear, but the user interface layout becomes constrained
Solution Approach 1:
The display region allocation is dynamic rather than fixed. The controller adjusts the position and size of the first display region (user interface) and the second display region (mirror reflection) based on real-time sensor input. This allows the system to adapt to different user positions and preferences, optimizing both reflection clarity and interface usability without permanent layout constraints.
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AI summary
An electronic device that can provide both a mirror function and a user interface. A controller executes the mirror function is coupled to a display that outputs at least one of a mirror function and a user interface. A sensor senses a user approaching the front of the display and captures an image of a target object in front of the display; an input element that receives an input from the user. The controller controls a process of identifying the body region of the user reflected in the display by use of an image captured by the sensor, checks whether the user interface displayed on the display at least partially overlaps display of a body region of the user reflected in the display, and controls the display to rearrange and display the user interface in a region where the body is not being reflected.