Mobile Terminal Custom Show Effect Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current mobile terminal ringtones are limited to system-provided or downloaded options, failing to meet users' personalized needs for sound and lighting effects.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal with an edit interface and show unit that generates and records input signals from operations on input areas, allowing users to create personalized show effects, including audio and lighting effects, through a customization method that arranges signals chronologically and associates them with specific effects to generate effect show files.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If system-provided or downloaded ringtones are used, then the terminal can provide basic notification functions, but the personalization and creativity of the ringtone effects are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalization of ringtone effectsVSAvoidcomplexity of effect customization system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal enables users to create personalized ringtones by directly operating on the display interface. Users can tap, hold, or drag on different display areas to generate input signals that control show effects (lighting, sound, vibration) without needing external software or complex configuration. The system serves itself by automatically recording operations and generating effect files based on user actions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The display interface is divided into multiple operable areas, each corresponding to different show effects. The customization process is segmented into discrete operations (tap, hold, drag) that can be independently recorded and combined. This segmentation allows users to build complex ringtone effects from simple, intuitive actions on specific display regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple show effects are combined in a ringtone, then the personalization and expressiveness are improved, but the complexity of controlling and recording multiple effects increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecombination of show effectsVSAvoidease of effect combination
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically records and combines multiple show effects based on user operations. When users perform different actions (tap, hold, drag) on different display areas, the system self-manages the sequencing and combination of corresponding show effects (lighting, sound, vibration) without requiring manual configuration or complex user input for effect coordination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple show effects are merged into a unified ringtone sequence through automatic recording. The system combines lighting effects, sound effects, and vibration effects into a single effect show file that plays sequentially, merging what would otherwise be separate controls into one intuitive operation-based composition process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Manufacturing precision

If the terminal records and processes multiple input signals chronologically, then precise control of show effects is achieved, but the processing time and computational load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprecision of show effect controlVSAvoidprocessing time for signal recording
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes the correspondence between display areas and show effects before user operations occur. This preliminary mapping allows the system to quickly process and record input signals without performing complex analysis during the recording process, reducing computational load while maintaining precise control over which effects are triggered by which operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4481546A1Mobile terminal and method for customizing a show effect
Publication Date: 2024.12.25 NOTHING TECH LTD
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AI summary

A method for customizing a show effect includes an edit interface and a show unit. The edit interface includes a plurality of input areas. The method includes: generating a plurality of input signals in response to a plurality of times of operations applied on at least one of the plurality of input areas, respectively; controlling the show unit to show in accordance with the show effect corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of input areas that is operated at the corresponding time in response to each of the plurality of input signals in turn; recording the show effect corresponding to each of the plurality of input signals to generate an effect show file.