Multi-Display Task Mapping for Seamless Multitasking Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices struggle with multitasking efficiency as users often need to constantly switch between tasks, reducing productivity due to the inability to simultaneously display and manage multiple tasks on a single or multiple screens.
Innovation Solution
The method involves mapping different task contents to different display areas on the same or multiple screens, allowing simultaneous display and management of multiple tasks without interrupting the current task, using a control apparatus and electronic device with multiple display areas or screens to optimize multitasking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a user switches constantly between tasks on a single display screen, then the user can process multiple tasks, but the operation becomes troublesome and efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display screen into multiple independent display areas (first display area, second display area, etc.), each capable of displaying different task contents simultaneously. This segmentation allows users to view and manage multiple tasks at the same time without switching, directly resolving the contradiction by improving both productivity and operation convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-display-mode to a multi-display-area-mode by utilizing spatial division on the display screen. By creating multiple display areas that can independently show different tasks, the system adds a dimensional aspect to task management, enabling simultaneous visualization of multiple tasks and eliminating the need for constant switching.
2Productivity
If a user can only select one task to execute at the same time, then the system is simple to manage, but the user needs to switch constantly which reduces efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple independent display areas, each capable of displaying different task contents simultaneously. This segmentation enables the system to handle multiple tasks at once, improving productivity while the modular nature of the segmentation keeps the system architecture manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
Each display area is designed to be universal and can display any type of task content. This multi-functionality allows the system to efficiently manage multiple tasks without requiring different display mechanisms for different tasks, thus improving productivity while maintaining system simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the user interrupts the currently executed task to switch to a new task, then the new task can be displayed on the display screen, but the currently executed task cannot be displayed simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple independent display areas, allowing different tasks to be displayed simultaneously in different areas. This segmentation ensures that when a user switches tasks, the previously executed task remains visible in its display area, preventing information loss and enabling adaptability without sacrificing visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares multiple display areas in advance, each ready to display different task contents. When a task switch is needed, the system can immediately redirect task content to the appropriate pre-prepared display area without interrupting or losing the previously executed task content, thus maintaining adaptability while preserving information visibility.
Data Source
AI summary
A control method includes obtaining a first task content and, in response to detecting that a first display area outputs a second task content, mapping the first task content to a second display area for output. The first display area and the second display area are different display areas in a same display screen, or the first display area and the second display area are on different display screens and each include at least a partial display area of one of the different display screens.