Mobile Terminal Screen Orientation Adjustment via Beam Inclination Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional mobile terminal technologies require users to manually adjust recognition apparatuses, such as code scanning guns, to align with interface content on screens, leading to inefficiencies and poor user experience due to strict recognition angle requirements.

Innovation Solution

A method and mobile terminal configuration that detects an inclined beam emitted by a recognition apparatus and automatically adjusts the display direction of interface content on the screen based on the beam's inclination state, ensuring optimal alignment for recognition.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a recognition apparatus is used to recognize interface content on a screen, then the recognition function is provided, but the user needs to manually repeatedly adjust the recognition angle, which affects efficiency and brings poor user experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanual adjustment of recognition angleVSAvoidefficiency of recognizing interface content
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically adjusts the display direction of interface content based on the inclination state of the recognition apparatus, eliminating the need for manual user adjustment. The mobile terminal detects the beam from the recognition apparatus and autonomously rotates the display to achieve optimal recognition alignment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from the recognition apparatus (detected beam inclination) to automatically adjust the display direction. The mobile terminal continuously monitors the state of the recognition apparatus and adjusts the display accordingly, creating a closed-loop control system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If the recognition apparatus has strict requirements on recognition angle, then the recognition accuracy is improved, but the user experience and efficiency are deteriorated due to manual adjustment requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverecognition accuracyVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of adjusting the recognition apparatus to align with the display (conventional approach), the system inverts the approach by adjusting the display direction to align with the recognition apparatus. This reverses the traditional alignment strategy and eliminates manual adjustment requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of display direction based on the detected inclination state of the recognition apparatus. By dynamically adjusting the display orientation parameter, the system maintains optimal recognition conditions without requiring manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If the user manually adjusts the recognition apparatus to align with the barcode, then the recognition can be performed, but the time and effort required increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverecognition capabilityVSAvoidtime for manual adjustment
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection of the recognition apparatus state and automatically adjusts the display direction before the user needs to perform recognition. This pre-adjustment eliminates the need for time-consuming manual alignment by the user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This approach enhances the efficiency of recognizing interface content by automating the adjustment process, reducing user effort and improving the overall experience, particularly for applications like barcode scanning where alignment is critical.

Implementation Method 1

detecting, by a mobile terminal, a first beam

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectOptical detection: Photoelectric Effect

Data Source

PatentUS11217210B2Method for controlling display of screen of mobile terminal, and mobile terminal
Publication Date: 2022.01.04 ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD
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AI summary

The present application relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a method for controlling display of a screen of a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal. In the method for controlling the display of the screen of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal can detect whether a beam emitted by a recognition apparatus arrives. When the mobile terminal detects that a beam arrives, the mobile terminal can determine whether the detected beam is in an inclined state. Once the mobile terminal detects that the beam is in the inclined state, the mobile terminal can adjust a display direction of interface content on a screen of the mobile terminal based on the inclined state of the beam.