Panorama Display for Spreadsheet Navigation on Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices face challenges in providing desktop computer resolutions due to limited screen size, resulting in diminished usability and features when trying to replicate desktop applications, with most solutions offering reduced functionality and tiny fonts.
Innovation Solution
A panorama display system that manages objects by overlaying primary interaction controls on a primary screen and providing additional controls and links on adjacent virtual screens, allowing for dynamic resizing and reorientation based on device orientation to optimize screen space and usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If desktop computer resolution is provided in mobile device, then display capability is improved, but screen size limitation is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies panorama display technology that extends the display area into the third dimension by rendering virtual screens at angles adjacent to the physical display. This allows the display area to effectively expand beyond the physical screen boundaries while maintaining the compact device form factor, resolving the contradiction between display area and device size.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual screens are nested around the physical display in a panoramic arrangement, with content displayed on the physical screen and additional content rendered on virtual screens positioned at angles. This nesting approach allows multiple display surfaces to coexist within the same device envelope, effectively increasing display area without increasing device dimensions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If desktop application features are duplicated, then functionality is improved, but usability is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the desktop application interface into multiple components distributed across different display surfaces. The physical display shows primary content while virtual screens display secondary content, controls, and navigation elements. This segmentation allows complex desktop functionality to be distributed in a way that adapts to mobile device constraints while maintaining usability through context-aware presentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The panorama display system dynamically adjusts which content appears on the physical display versus virtual screens based on user interaction, device orientation, and contextual needs. This dynamic reconfiguration allows the system to adapt desktop application functionality to the mobile context, maintaining usability by presenting information and controls in the most appropriate locations at any given moment.
3Device complexity
If menu structures are fitted into smaller screen size, then device compactness is improved, but usability is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves menu structures and additional interface elements from the two-dimensional physical display to three-dimensional virtual screens positioned at angles. This spatial redistribution allows comprehensive menu structures to be displayed without cluttering the primary display, improving usability by presenting navigation elements in contextually appropriate locations while maintaining compact device screen utilization.
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AI summary
A panorama display application shows objects from a spreadsheet such as charts in primary screen of a mobile device adjoined by left and right virtual screens. The application overlays interaction controls such as sort and filter functions on the object. The application also provides additional interaction controls for the object on the left virtual screen and associated objects links on the right virtual screen. The application may expose the additional interaction controls and the associated objects links by overlaying portions of the virtual screens on the primary screen. The application fluidly shifts content from virtual screens to the primary screen subsequent to detected user action on the overlaid portions.