Satellite Message UI Feedback Using ACK and Altitude Timing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices lack effective methods for visually indicating the transmission status of messages to satellites, particularly in scenarios where satellite connectivity is established without base station connections, and there is a need for improved user interface feedback during message transmission.
Innovation Solution
The electronic device includes a display that visually indicates the transmission rate of messages through visual objects, such as progress bars and text, based on elapsed time and altitude/azimuth intensities, and updates the display upon receiving acknowledgment signals from the satellite.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device transmits messages to satellites without base station connections, then satellite communication capability is improved, but transmission reliability and user feedback clarity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements visual feedback mechanisms including progress bars that display transmission status in real-time, acknowledgment signal indicators that confirm successful transmission, and time interval displays that show expected wait periods. These feedback elements provide users with clear information about transmission reliability even when operating independently from base stations.
2Ease of operation
If the electronic device provides detailed visual feedback during message transmission, then user interaction quality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the visual feedback system into distinct segmented elements: progress bars for transmission progress, separate indicators for acknowledgment signals, and dedicated time interval displays. Each element handles a specific aspect of transmission status, making the overall system manageable despite providing comprehensive feedback.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the visual display dimension to provide comprehensive feedback without adding physical complexity. By representing transmission status, progress, and confirmation through graphical elements on the display rather than physical indicators, the system enhances user interaction while avoiding mechanical or hardware complexity.
3Measurement precision
If the electronic device calculates time intervals based on altitude intensity, then transmission accuracy is improved, but measurement and calculation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces altitude intensity as an intermediary parameter that bridges the relationship between satellite position and transmission timing. Rather than directly calculating complex orbital mechanics, the system uses altitude intensity as a simplified intermediate measurement that can be derived from sensor data and then used to determine appropriate time intervals for transmission.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a sensor, communication circuitry, memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions, and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry, communicatively coupled to the display, the sensor, the communication circuitry, and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to based on receiving an input for transmitting a message to a satellite, transmit the message through the communication circuitry, display, on the display, a first visual object to indicate a transmission rate of the message according to elapsed time during a time interval for a reference transmission rate of the message, and after the time interval, based on receiving, from the satellite through the communication circuitry, an acknowledgment (ACK) signal for the message, display, on the display, a second visual object to indicate that the message is transmitted, and wherein the time interval is identified based on an altitude intensity obtained using the sensor of the electronic device with respect to the satellite.