Mobile Terminal Display Region Division via Application Layout Icons
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile terminals require users to repeatedly select application icons and divide the display regions manually to output multiple applications simultaneously, leading to user inconvenience and increased workload.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal with a controller that receives signals to output a recently used application list, allowing users to select an application layout icon to automatically divide the display regions and display multiple applications based on screen division history, enabling simultaneous output of frequently used applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users manually select application icons and divide display regions individually, then multiple applications can be output simultaneously, but user workload and operation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-generates application layout icons that represent pre-configured multi-application arrangements. When a user selects such an icon, the corresponding applications are automatically arranged in their respective display regions without requiring the user to manually divide the screen or individually select each application. This preliminary preparation of layout configurations significantly reduces user workload while maintaining multi-application output capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates visual copies of application layouts in the form of icons that represent complete multi-application arrangements. Instead of requiring users to reconstruct complex multi-application displays from scratch, the system provides icon-based copies of proven layouts that can be quickly selected and applied, thereby reducing operational complexity while achieving the same multi-application display goal.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display region is divided manually for each application, then multiple applications can be displayed simultaneously, but the process time and system workload increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the selection of multiple applications and the division of display regions into a single operation. By representing pre-configured multi-application layouts as single icons, the system combines what would otherwise be separate tasks (selecting each application, dividing regions, arranging layouts) into one unified action, thereby significantly improving process efficiency while maintaining simultaneous application display capability.
Solution Approach 2:
Layout configurations are pre-prepared and stored as icons, containing all necessary information about which applications should be displayed together and how the screen should be divided. When a user selects an icon, the system executes the pre-planned arrangement immediately, eliminating the need for real-time manual division and arrangement operations, thus大幅提升 processing efficiency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users individually configure each application layout, then custom multi-application displays can be achieved, but operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
Common multi-application display configurations are pre-configured and stored as reusable icons. When users need a standard layout (such as splitting screen for messaging and browsing, or三分屏 for video and controls), they can directly select from pre-prepared icons instead of configuring each layout from scratch, dramatically reducing configuration time while still allowing customization when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The application layout icons serve multiple functions: they represent specific pre-configured layouts, act as quick-selection interfaces, and can be stored for future reuse. This multi-functionality allows the same icon system to handle both common and custom configurations efficiently, reducing time consumption while maintaining adaptability.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method for controlling same. More specifically, the present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method for controlling same, the mobile terminal comprising: a body; an input unit for receiving a user input; a display coupled to the body such that a display region viewable on the front surface of the body can vary depending on switching between an extended display mode and a reduced display mode; and a control unit, wherein the control unit: receives a first signal for outputting a recently used application list while a first application is output on the display, the recently used application list including a first application layout icon; receives a second signal for selecting the first application layout icon; divides the region of the display on the basis of the first application layout icon, when the second signal is received; and outputs at least one application in the divided region of the display.