Mobile Apparatus End Effect Display for Scroll Completion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile apparatuses lack a clear indication when a scrollable object, such as a web page, has reached its end, leading to user confusion as there is no separate effect provided to notify users that further scrolling is not possible.
Innovation Solution
A mobile apparatus and method that displays an end effect on the touch screen when the conversion of an object, like a web page, is completed, using a second layer to show a message or additional information indicating the object's end, which can be translucent or opaque, and re-displays this effect upon detecting a gesture after the initial end effect has been removed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If no separate effect is provided when scrolling ends, then the interface remains simple, but the user cannot notice that further scrolling is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies visual effect changes (color, transparency, opacity) to indicate scroll completion. The end effect displays visual cues such as changing the appearance of the display region or showing additional information with different transparency levels to notify users that scrolling has ended, directly addressing the information loss problem through visual feedback.
2Loss of information
If an end effect is displayed to notify users, then user awareness is improved, but the interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a second layer dimension for displaying the end effect. This layer can be translucent or opaque and is positioned over the first layer containing the original content. By adding this dimensional layer, the system provides clear notification of conversion end without fundamentally redesigning the entire interface structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The end effect acts as an intermediary element between the user and the underlying content. It provides notification information while allowing the underlying content to remain visible through transparency control, mediating between the need for notification and the need to preserve content visibility.
3Loss of information
If the end effect is translucent, then underlying content remains visible, but the notification may be less prominent
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs parameter changes in transparency and opacity to balance notification prominence and content visibility. The end effect can adjust its transparency parameter dynamically, becoming more opaque when notification is needed and more translucent when content visibility is prioritized, resolving the contradiction through adjustable parameters.
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AI summary
A method of controlling a mobile apparatus to display an end effect is provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a first layer on a touch screen, converting the at least one object in response to a first gesture that converts the at least one object, detecting that the conversion for the at least one object is ended, and displaying an end effect, which represents a message saying that the at least one object to be converted does not exist anymore or represents additional information, on the touch screen.