Mobile Terminal Screen Configuration via Dynamic Formlet Sizing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile communication terminals have low display visibility for function items due to their uniform size and shape, making it difficult for users to differentiate and easily access high-preference items.
Innovation Solution
A method and mobile communication terminal that allows users to change the configuration of the screen by adjusting the size, position, and appearance of function blocks through a zoom-in/zoom-out mechanism and edit function, enabling personalized display of high-interest items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If function items are displayed in uniform size and shape, then the screen structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but display visibility is low and users cannot differentiate high-preference items
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing individual function blocks to have different sizes, shapes, and visual characteristics while maintaining a standardized grid-based screen structure. Users can customize each block's appearance and dimensions according to their preferences, creating local variations without compromising the overall screen organization. This resolves the contradiction by enabling differentiated display visibility while preserving the simplicity of the underlying screen structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamics by making the function blocks adjustable and reconfigurable. Users can modify the size, position, and arrangement of blocks dynamically based on their needs. The screen layout transitions from a static uniform grid to a dynamic customizable arrangement, improving display visibility while maintaining structural simplicity through the flexible block-based design.
2Ease of operation
If function items are displayed in uniform size and shape, then the screen layout is simple and easy to operate, but users cannot easily access and differentiate high-preference items
Solution Approach 1:
By allowing users to customize the size and position of individual function blocks, the patent enables high-preference items to be displayed in larger, more prominent blocks that are easier to locate and access. This local customization improves access speed for frequently used functions while maintaining the overall simplicity of the grid-based screen layout for less important items.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dimensional variation by allowing function blocks to differ in size along the width and height dimensions. This creates a visual hierarchy where larger blocks represent higher-preference items, enabling users to quickly identify and access important functions. The dimensional diversity enhances productivity without complicating the basic grid structure, as blocks still align with the underlying grid system.
3Device complexity
If all function items are displayed with similar visual characteristics, then the device complexity is low, but users cannot differentiate between different function groups
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by applying local quality to the visual characteristics of function blocks. Users can assign different colors, sizes, shapes, or icons to blocks representing different function groups or preferences. This creates visual differentiation for functional categories while maintaining relatively low device complexity, as the customization is limited to predefined visual attributes rather than requiring complex design capabilities.
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AI summary
A function for configuring a screen reflecting user preference is implemented when formlets are displayed to indicate function items of a mobile communication terminal. The size, position and shape of a formlet on which an indicator is positioned are changed by user settings in a state in which multiple formlets are displayed, thereby increasing accessibility to a formlet of high preference to a user and also increasing display visibility.