Page Turning Animation for Mobile Unlock Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile communication devices face challenges with unwieldy form factors due to the inclusion of advanced communication techniques, making traditional input devices less suitable for mobile applications, and users struggle with deciphering physical control descriptors and virtual gestures for unlocking touch screen interfaces.
Innovation Solution
An unlock screen that mimics a piece of paper curling up to unlock the device, with an animated gesture mimicking page turning, allowing users to unlock the device without text descriptions, and providing translucent vellum to reveal notifications and a clock, along with features like emergency contact access and notification management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional input devices and communication techniques are included in mobile communications devices, then communication functionality is improved, but device form factor becomes unwieldy and less suitable for mobile applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical input devices (physical keyboards, buttons) with touch-sensitive display interface. The touch screen detects finger contacts and gestures, substituting mechanical input mechanisms with electronic sensing, thereby maintaining communication functionality while achieving a sleek, mobile-friendly form factor.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the touch-sensitive display as a multi-dimensional input surface, detecting not only touch location but also pressure, contact area, and gesture patterns. This adds dimensions to the input interface, enabling complex communication functions through simple touch gestures on a flat surface.
2Reliability
If physical control descriptors and virtual gestures are used for unlocking touch screen interfaces, then device security is improved, but user comprehension becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the unlock interface to provide self-explanatory visual feedback. The displayed content (images, text, icons) automatically appears on the touch-sensitive display during the unlock process, serving as its own descriptor and eliminating the need for external physical control labels or complex gesture manuals.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent displays preview images, text messages, or other content on the locked screen before unlocking. This preliminary display of information helps users understand what they will see after unlocking, making the gesture requirement more comprehensible and reducing confusion about the unlock process.
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AI summary
Unlock screen and notification techniques are described. In an implementation, an unlock screen is displayed by a mobile communications device that indicates that one or more keys of the mobile communications device are locked. If an input is detected at the mobile communications device to remove the lock, an animation is displayed that gives an appearance that the unlock screen is a page that is being turned and removing the lock of the one or more keys.