Multi-Window Notification Display Placement to Reduce Gaze Shift
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices display notification information in a fixed area, which can disrupt the user's focus and extend the gaze shift distance when multiple windows are open, causing inconvenience during multi-window display.
Innovation Solution
The electronic device identifies a notification occurrence and displays the notification information in a partial area of a selected window based on its display state, ensuring the user's line of sight is unobstructed and reducing gaze shift distance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If notification information is displayed in a fixed display area regardless of multi-window layout, then the notification display mechanism is simple, but the user's focus is disrupted and the route to identify notifications is extended
Solution Approach 1:
The notification display area is changed from a fixed location to a dynamic location that automatically adjusts based on the current multi-window layout. The system identifies which window area is most suitable for notification display by considering the positions and states of multiple windows, and selects an area that does not disrupt user focus and provides short identification route.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically determines the optimal notification display area without requiring user intervention or manual configuration. The notification display mechanism self-adjusts based on the detected window layout and user interaction patterns, selecting areas that maintain user focus and provide convenient notification access.
2Loss of time
If notification information is displayed in a fixed display area, then the display mechanism is simple, but the gaze shift distance is extended during multi-window display
Solution Approach 1:
The notification display area dynamically adapts to the multi-window layout configuration. By detecting which windows are currently visible and their positions, the system selects an optimal display area that minimizes the distance the user's gaze needs to travel to see the notification, thereby reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
Different areas of the display are treated differently based on their suitability for notification display in the current multi-window context. The system identifies specific local areas within the display that are optimal for notification placement, considering factors like user focus patterns and window positions, rather than using a uniform fixed area.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for displaying multiple window-based notification information in same. The method may include displaying, on a display of the electronic device, a plurality of windows corresponding to a plurality of application execution screens; identifying an occurrence of a notification while displaying the plurality of windows; based on the identifying the occurrence of the notification, identifying a display state associated with a selection of a selected window to display notification information among the plurality of windows; and displaying the notification information in at least a partial area of the selected window that is selected from among the plurality of windows, based on the display state.