Pop-up Window Management in Multi-Window Electronic Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices with multi-window capabilities face inconvenience when a pop-up window is displayed as a full screen, as it prevents users from interacting with previously used applications, due to size limitations and inefficient management of screen space.
Innovation Solution
The electronic device detects the presence of a multi-window and, upon request, removes the pop-up window to display additional information on a sub-window with lower priority, allowing the original application to remain accessible by adding a new sub-window through screen division, thereby maintaining usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the pop-up window is displayed as a full screen to show additional information, then the information display capability is improved, but the usability of the original application deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple regions: a main window region for the original application and a sub-window region for the extended pop-up window. This allows both the original application and extended information to be displayed simultaneously without interfering with each other, resolving the contradiction between information display capability and application usability.
2Loss of information
If the pop-up window is extended to display more information, then the information completeness is improved, but the screen space management efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of expanding the pop-up window in a single dimension (full screen), the solution introduces a new spatial dimension by creating a sub-window within the existing screen layout. This allows extended information to be displayed in a structured, organized manner that maintains screen space management efficiency while improving information completeness.
3Ease of operation
If the pop-up window is displayed in limited regions to maintain application usability, then the application usability is improved, but the information display capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The solution merges the functionality of the original application window with the extended pop-up window by creating a sub-window structure. The main window maintains application usability while the sub-window provides additional information, effectively combining both requirements into a unified display structure that satisfies both constraints.
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device and a method of processing a pop-up window using a multi-window thereof. The electronic device includes: a housing; a display viewable through a first face of the housing; a processor operatively coupled with the display; and a memory operatively coupled with the processor. The memory may store instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: in response to occurrence of an event, display a pop-up window including a first User Interface (UI) corresponding to the event in some regions of the display, detect an input requesting extending and displaying the pop-up window, identify whether a multi-window is active in response to the detection of the input, and based on the multi-window being active, remove the pop-up window and display a second UI for the event on a sub-window having a lowest priority among at least one sub-window other than a main window among the multi-windows.