Particle Display Control for Environmental Media Art Screens

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional electronic devices for providing media art images primarily focus on aesthetics, lacking practicality in effectively conveying information about external environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, and fine dust levels.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device equipped with sensors to measure external environmental factors, a display to show dynamic particles, and a processor to analyze and adjust the display state of these particles based on the measured data, providing a visually engaging and informative media art image.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If conventional electronic devices display media art images focusing only on aesthetics, then visual appeal is improved, but practicality in conveying environmental information deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual appealVSAvoidenvironmental information
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges aesthetic media art display with environmental information visualization by integrating sensor data (temperature, humidity, CO2 concentration, fine dust) into the particle-based media art image. The particles serve dual purposes: maintaining aesthetic appeal while encoding environmental parameters through their visual properties, thus combining art and information delivery in a single display system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes color changes of particles in the media art image to represent different environmental conditions. By varying particle colors based on sensor data (e.g., different colors for temperature levels, humidity levels, CO2 concentration, fine dust levels), the system conveys multiple environmental parameters while preserving the visual appeal of the media art display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

2Device complexity

If electronic devices use static display content, then simplicity is improved, but adaptability to environmental conditions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay system simplicityVSAvoidenvironmental responsiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the static media art display into a dynamic system where particles continuously move and change properties based on real-time environmental sensor data. The display adapts to environmental conditions by modifying particle positions, velocities, sizes, and colors, enabling the system to respond to temperature changes, humidity variations, CO2 levels, and fine dust concentrations while maintaining aesthetic appeal.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11023347B2Screen control method and electronic device supporting the same
Publication Date: 2021.06.01 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device includes a sensor that senses an external environment, a display that outputs a first screen including one or more movable particles, a memory, and a processor electrically connected with the sensor, the display, and the memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain first information about the external environment through the sensor and to change a display state of a first particle of the one or more movable particles, based on a result obtained by analyzing the first information.