Pressure-Sensitive Touch Interface for Incoming Call Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile phone systems require users to perform multiple complex operations to manage incoming calls, such as rejecting and blacklisting, which can be cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A terminal device equipped with a touch display screen, pressure sensor, and processor that detects touch operations on rejection or answer icons, allowing users to reject or answer calls based on pressure thresholds, thereby simplifying the process by initiating additional actions like blacklisting or enabling handsfree mode.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users follow the traditional multi-step process to blacklist an incoming call number (check historical records, find the number, then blacklist), then the system can accurately manage call records, but the operation complexity increases and user efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by displaying the incoming call number and providing direct control options (answer, reject, blacklist) on the incoming call interface itself. Users can blacklist the number directly from the incoming call screen without needing to navigate to historical records first, effectively performing the blacklisting action in advance of the traditional multi-step process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the essential information (incoming call number) and essential actions (blacklist, answer, reject) from the complex call management system and presents them directly on the incoming call interface. This extraction allows users to perform blacklisting operations directly from the incoming call screen, eliminating the need to navigate through historical call records.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides only basic answer and reject functions, then the interface remains simple, but the system lacks versatility for additional call management operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares additional operation options (blacklist, answer, reject) in advance on the incoming call interface. When a user performs a specific gesture (such as sliding or pressing) on the reject icon, the system is already positioned to execute the additional operation immediately, providing versatility without requiring complex navigation or multiple screens.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic functionality where the system responds to different user gestures with different operations. The reject icon can trigger either a simple reject or an additional operation like blacklisting, depending on the specific gesture detected. This dynamic behavior provides versatile call management functionality while maintaining a relatively simple interface structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Reduces user operations and enhances user experience by allowing quick and intuitive handling of incoming calls through pressure-sensitive touch interactions.
Implementation Method 1
the pressure sensor is configured to: when the terminal device detects a first touch operation on the rejection icon, determine a value of first pressure generated by the first touch operation
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a terminal device and an incoming call processing method, so as to reduce user operations. The terminal device includes: a touch display screen, a pressure sensor, and a processor, where the touch display screen is configured to: when the terminal device receives an incoming call, display an incoming call interface, where the incoming call interface includes an incoming call number and a rejection icon; the pressure sensor is configured to: when the terminal device detects a first touch operation on the rejection icon, determine a value of first pressure generated by the first touch operation; and the processor is configured to: when the value of the first pressure that is determined by the pressure sensor exceeds a first threshold, reject the incoming call and initiate a first additional operation.