Mobile Terminal Screen Adaptation via State-Based Instruction Filtering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile terminals may display screens that are not compatible with their current state when obtaining instruction information from communication devices, leading to incompatible screen displays.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal is programmed to obtain instruction information and state information, determining whether to display a different screen based on its current state, ensuring compatibility and maintaining the current screen if incompatible.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the mobile terminal displays a screen according to instruction information obtained from a communication device, then the screen display follows external instructions, but the displayed screen may be incompatible with the current state of the mobile terminal

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvescreen display adaptabilityVSAvoidscreen compatibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The mobile terminal checks its current state (communication state, battery state, etc.) before displaying the screen instructed by the communication device. This preliminary check prevents incompatible screens from being displayed, resolving the contradiction between following external instructions and maintaining compatibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from the mobile terminal's current state to determine whether to display the instructed screen. If the state check indicates incompatibility, the system feedback prevents display of that screen, ensuring reliability while maintaining adaptability when conditions are suitable.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If the mobile terminal checks its current state before displaying screens, then screen compatibility is ensured, but the operation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvescreen compatibilityVSAvoidoperation complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The mobile terminal automatically checks its own state (communication state, battery state, etc.) without requiring external intervention or complex user input. This self-service approach ensures compatibility while minimizing the increase in operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system monitors changes in state parameters (communication state, battery state) and automatically adjusts screen display decisions based on these parameter changes. This approach maintains reliability through systematic parameter checking while keeping the operation straightforward.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10817237B2Mobile terminal configured to display screen in accordance with instruction information obtain from communication device

Publication Date: 2020.10.27 BROTHER KOGYO KK

AI summary

A mobile terminal may obtain instruction information from a communication device in a situation where a first screen is displayed on a display of the mobile terminal, the instruction information indicating an instruction for causing the display to display a different screen from the first screen; obtain state information indicating a current state of the mobile terminal in a case where the instruction information is obtained; determine, by using the state information, whether the different screen is to be displayed in place of the first screen; and in a case where it is determined that the different screen is to be displayed, cause the display to display the different screen in place of the first screen.