Mobile Terminal Split-Display Control Through Segmented Icons
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile terminals lack effective methods for individually controlling split regions of a flexible display, leading to inconvenience when multiple applications are executed simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal with a flexible display that includes a controller to manage functions in selected regions based on signals for icons, allowing control of brightness, resolution, and resource distribution across split display areas, and enabling simultaneous management of multiple applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display is split into multiple regions to execute multiple applications simultaneously, then the functionality and versatility of the terminal is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to inability to individually control each region
Solution Approach 1:
The display is divided into multiple independent controllable regions (first display region and second display region), each capable of executing different applications. The icon is segmented into multiple indicators, where each indicator corresponds to a specific display region, enabling selective control of individual regions through the icon interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The icon serves as an intermediary control interface between the user and the split display regions. By displaying multiple indicators within the icon, it mediates the control process, allowing users to select and control specific regions without directly interacting with the complex multi-region display system.
2Productivity
If multiple applications are executed in split regions, then the productivity and multitasking capability is improved, but the device complexity increases due to lack of individual region control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The icon is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a general application launcher and as a specific control interface for split display regions. The multiple indicators within the icon provide universal control capability across different regions and applications, reducing the need for separate control mechanisms for each region.
3Area of stationary object
If the display region is enlarged to show more information, then the quantity of information displayed is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to difficulty in controlling specific regions
Solution Approach 1:
The control interface is added in a new dimension (the icon with multiple indicators) that is separate from the display region itself. This allows users to control specific regions through the icon dimension rather than requiring direct interaction with the enlarged display area, maintaining ease of operation even as the display region expands.
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AI summary
A mobile terminal and a control method therefor are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a body, an input unit configured to receive user input, a display coupled to the body to vary a display region viewed from a front face of the body according to switching between an enlarged display mode and a reduced display mode, and a controller. The controller receives a first signal in a state in which at least two applications are being executed in split regions of the display, controls output of an icon according to the first signal, controls selection of at least one region among the split regions based on a second signal for the icon, and controls a function of an application which is being executed in a selected region based on a third signal for the icon.