Multi-Window Touchscreen Control by Content Drag and Drop
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices require users to manually activate and select applications for multi-window display, which is inconvenient and cumbersome, especially when transitioning between screens.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a touch screen that allows users to activate a multi-window function by dragging and dropping content to a preset area, automatically identifying and dividing the screen to display related applications in separate areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a new screen is displayed for selected content (link, image, etc.), then the content can be viewed, but the user must inconveniently go back or close the new screen to see the previous screen
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple independent windows, allowing the original screen and the new content screen to coexist simultaneously. Each window maintains its own content and can be independently viewed without requiring navigation back or closing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of switching between screens in a sequential manner (time dimension), the system displays multiple screens simultaneously in spatial arrangement (space dimension), enabling users to view multiple pieces of content at once by arranging windows in different positions on the display.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the existing multi-window function is activated, then multiple application screens can be displayed, but the user needs to manually activate the function and directly select applications, which is annoying
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically identifies the selected content type and determines the appropriate application to launch in the new window, eliminating the need for users to manually select applications. The system serves itself by autonomously completing the application selection based on content properties.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary identification of content properties and pre-determines the suitable application before the user completes the drag operation, so that when the user releases the drag, the correct application is already ready to be displayed in the new window.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen and at least one processor operatively coupled to the touch screen. The at least one processor is configured to display an execution screen of a first application on the touch screen, based on receiving a drag input for one of a plurality of pieces of content included in the execution screen of the first application, identify whether the drag input moves to a preset area, based on the drag input moving to the preset area, identify a second application related to a property of the one piece of content, based on receiving a drop input after the drag input, divide the touch screen based on a position at which the drop input is received, display the execution screen of the first application in a first divided area, and display an execution screen of the second application in a second divided area.