Scrollable Display Button Accommodation in a Secondary Area
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display technologies fail to maintain visibility of user-operable buttons when scrolling, leading to user confusion as they are no longer enclosed within the screen area.
Innovation Solution
A display device and method that accommodatively displays specific elements, such as buttons, in a secondary area when they are scrolled out of the primary display area, ensuring their visibility through partial or graphic representation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the screen information is scrolled to enable all display content to be viewed, then the display area can show more content, but the user-operable buttons are no longer enclosed within the screen area and become invisible
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into a first area for displaying scrollable content and a second area for displaying important display elements that should remain visible. This segmentation allows different areas to serve different functions, resolving the contradiction between showing more content and maintaining button visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
When a display element is scrolled out of the first area, it is accommodatively displayed in the second area, effectively using a different spatial dimension (the second area) to maintain visibility of important elements while allowing the first area to scroll freely.
2Ease of operation
If the screen information is scrolled to follow the magnifying glass movement, then the real screen area can be viewed continuously, but the user-operable buttons are no longer displayed in the screen area
Solution Approach 1:
The system predictably determines when a display element is about to be scrolled out of the first area and prepares to accommodate it in the second area, ensuring continuous visibility of important elements without interruption.
Solution Approach 2:
The display controller continuously monitors the position of display elements during scrolling and dynamically adjusts their display location between the first and second areas based on their current position and importance, maintaining visibility feedback.
3Loss of information
If all display elements are kept visible during scrolling, then user awareness is maintained, but the display space is wasted and the limited display area is not efficiently used
Solution Approach 1:
Different display elements are treated differently based on their importance. Important elements (like user-operable buttons) are accommodatively displayed in the second area when scrolled out, while other elements are allowed to scroll normally, optimizing display space usage while maintaining awareness of critical information.
Data Source
AI summary
This display device includes: an operation detector that detects an operation; a display that displays a screen including a first area capable of being scroll-displayed, and a second area; and a display controller that performs a control that displays, in the first area, display elements including a specific display element. The display controller scroll-displays the display elements displayed in the first area when the operation detector detects a scroll operation, and accommodatively displays the specific display element in the second area if, as a result of the scroll-display, the specific display element is scrolled in the direction of the second area and displayed.