Multi-Page Content Editing Layout for Cross-Page Object Placement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices struggle with intuitive editing methods for content separated into pages, particularly on devices like digitizers and smartphones, where users need improved editing efficiency and usability across varying screen sizes and orientations.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a display module and processor that allows simultaneous editing of content across multiple pages, enabling objects to be generated or changed in corresponding areas of different pages displayed together, optimizing editing and output for diverse paper sizes and orientations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If content is separated into multiple pages for editing, then editing precision and organization are improved, but editing efficiency and user convenience deteriorate due to the need to switch between pages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple page editing operations into a unified editing area where pages are simultaneously displayed and editable. The editing area integrates content from multiple pages, allowing users to perform operations like copying, cutting, and pasting across pages without switching between them, thus combining the precision of page-separated editing with the efficiency of simultaneous access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimensional approach by displaying multiple pages in a spatial arrangement within the editing area rather than sequential navigation. Pages are positioned in different locations (e.g., side-by-side or overlapping layouts), enabling users to access and edit multiple pages simultaneously by dragging and dropping content between spatially separated page representations.
2Productivity
If the display area shows more content pages simultaneously, then editing efficiency is improved, but the display quality and readability of each page deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the editing area into distinct regions, each dedicated to displaying a specific page. This segmentation allows multiple pages to be displayed simultaneously with adequate space for each, maintaining readability while enabling efficient cross-page editing operations. The editing area is divided into page display regions and an operation region, with each page occupying its own segment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic scaling and positioning of page displays within the editing area. Pages can be resized, repositioned, and adjusted based on user interactions and the number of pages being edited simultaneously. This dynamic adaptation ensures that each page maintains sufficient display quality while accommodating multiple pages in the available space.
3Device complexity
If the editing area is designed for single-page editing, then the interface simplicity is maintained, but the adaptability to multi-page editing needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the editing area with multi-functionality, enabling it to handle both single-page and multi-page editing operations through the same interface. The editing area can dynamically adjust its configuration based on the number of pages being edited, providing a unified interface that adapts to different editing scenarios without requiring separate modes or complex switching mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent inverts the traditional approach by making the editing area the central, dominant element rather than having pages dominate the display. Multiple pages are brought into the editing area for simultaneous manipulation, reversing the conventional model where users navigate between full-page views. This inversion simplifies the interface by centralizing editing operations in one area while maintaining adaptability to various page configurations.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including at least one display panel, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display module and the memory. The memory stores instructions causing the processor to generate content including one or more pages and at least one object being displayed on the one or more pages based on a user input, display an editing area for editing the content by using the display module, and simultaneously apply the at least one object being generated or changed based on the user input to at least one partial area of a first page and at least one partial area of a second page corresponding to the editing area in case that the at least partial areas of the first page and the second page among the one or more pages are simultaneously displayed in the editing area.