Mobile Terminal Biometric Sensor Touch Screen Interface

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile terminals face limitations in providing user-friendly interfaces due to reliance on basic inputs like touch or push, making it inconvenient for users to access desired information, especially as the diversity of functions and information increases.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal equipped with a touch screen and a sensor to sense biometric information, allowing the controller to display additional information related to usage patterns or personal information when biometric data is input, enhancing user interaction by simplifying access to desired functions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If basic input methods like touch or push are used, then the terminal can operate with simple interface, but it becomes inconvenient for users to access desired information as functions and information diversify

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically senses biometric information (fingerprint, iris, voice) and uses it to identify users and provide personalized information without requiring manual input. The terminal serves itself by automatically capturing and processing biometric data to deliver customized content, reducing the need for complex user interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces mechanical input methods (touch, push buttons) with biometric sensing systems. Instead of requiring physical interaction with the interface, the system uses sensors to detect biometric characteristics and automatically processes this data to provide user-specific information, substituting mechanical operation with automated sensing and recognition.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If multiple input stages are required to access information, then security and control can be maintained, but user convenience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation access speedVSAvoidinput time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically capturing and storing biometric information in advance. When a user needs information, the system has already have the biometric data ready for immediate comparison and identification, eliminating the need for multiple sequential input steps and reducing access time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system skips intermediate input stages by directly using biometric information for user identification. Instead of requiring users to go through multiple input steps (selecting user profile, entering credentials, etc.), the biometric data allows the system to jump directly to the identification and information delivery phase.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #21Skipping (Rushing through)

Data Source

PatentUS10088945B2Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
Publication Date: 2018.10.02 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

In a mobile terminal, in a case in which biometric information is input together The mobile terminal includes a touch screen configured to output screen information corresponding to a specific function, a sensor configured to sense biometric information of a user in a state in which the screen information is output, and a controller configured to control the touch screen to change the screen information on the basis of a touch applied to the touch screen, wherein when the biometric information is sensed by the sensor while the touch is applied, the controller may control the touch screen to output additional information related to the specific function on the basis of the biometric information, together with changing the screen information.