Screen Mode-Aware Content Selection and Display Rotation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices display content that does not match the current screen mode, causing user discomfort when viewing media content shot in portrait mode on landscape-oriented displays.
Innovation Solution
The electronic apparatus identifies its current screen mode and requests content from an external server that matches this mode, displaying thumbnails and images accordingly, and rotates the display if necessary to align with the content aspect ratio.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the electronic apparatus provides content information regardless of screen mode, then the quantity of content information is maximized, but the user convenience deteriorates due to mismatch between content format and display mode
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts content selection based on the current screen mode (landscape or portrait). The processor identifies the active screen mode and filters content information accordingly, making the content provision adaptive rather than static. This resolves the contradiction by sacrificing some quantity of content information to ensure the quality and suitability of displayed content matches the user's viewing mode.
2Device complexity
If the display is fixed in landscape mode, then the device complexity is minimized, but the adaptability deteriorates when content requires portrait mode
Solution Approach 1:
The display is configured to be rotatable between landscape and portrait modes, allowing the physical structure to adapt to different content requirements. This mechanical flexibility enables the system to handle both landscape and portrait content without requiring separate display devices, thus improving adaptability while maintaining reasonable complexity through a single rotatable display mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the display orientation parameter (from fixed landscape to variable landscape/portrait) to match the content format. By making the display parameters adjustable rather than fixed, the system can adapt to different content requirements without fundamentally redesigning the display hardware architecture.
3Ease of operation
If the system automatically rotates the display to match content, then the user convenience is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional rotation control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification of the screen mode and content format before displaying content. By detecting the current display orientation and pre-filtering content based on this information, the system can proactively select appropriate content rather than reacting after mismatch occurs, simplifying the control logic needed for automatic rotation and content selection.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are an electronic apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The electronic apparatus includes: a display; and a processor configured to: control the display to display an image on the display, identify a screen mode of the display displaying an image among a plurality of screen modes having different aspect ratios, and provide information on content corresponding to the identified screen mode among a plurality of pieces of content.