Rotating Display Alignment for External Object Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices struggle to clearly provide information to users when interacting with objects, as the target of interaction is not easily recognizable, leading to difficulties in identifying the information provided.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a rotation member that moves its display to face an identified external object, displaying information related to that object, allowing for intuitive and context-specific interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the display shows information in a fixed direction, then the information can be displayed, but the user cannot easily identify which external object the information relates to
Solution Approach 1:
The display is made dynamically rotatable to change its facing direction based on the identified external object. The rotation module enables the display to rotate from a first direction to a second direction, allowing the display to actively orient toward the relevant external object and clearly indicate information association through spatial alignment.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotation module acts as an intermediary mechanism between the information display system and the external objects. It mediates the spatial relationship by rotating the display to face the identified external object, creating a clear visual connection that helps users understand which object the information refers to.
2Ease of operation
If the user moves to check the display information, then the information can be viewed, but this requires additional time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring the user to move to the display location, the display is inverted in its usual behavior by rotating to face the external object. This reverses the traditional interaction pattern where the user approaches the display; now the display approaches the user's line of sight by rotating toward the relevant object, reducing user movement and time expenditure.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system performs self-service by automatically rotating to the appropriate direction to present information. The system independently adjusts its orientation to face the identified external object without requiring user intervention or movement, making the information accessible in the user's current viewing position.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the display rotates to face the external object, then the interaction becomes more intuitive, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The rotation module serves multiple functions: it positions the display to face external objects for intuitive interaction, enables the display to indicate different directions, and facilitates context-specific information presentation. This multi-functionality justifies the added structural complexity by providing versatile adaptability to various interaction scenarios.
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a rotation support member; a support member configured to support the rotation support member; a rotation member movably coupled to the rotation support member; a display movably coupled to a surface of the rotation member; a driving device configured to drive the display; a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control, if input information is received, driving of the rotation member to make the display corresponding to the received input information face a first direction, control, if the display moves to face the first direction, driving the rotation member to face a second direction for identifying an external object, identifying, if the display is located to face the external object in the second direction, the external object, and displaying information on at least one function executed in connection with the identified external object on the display.