Shared Display Interface Layout for In-App AI Object Operations

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing applications on computers and mobile devices require users to exit the current desktop application to perform operations like document polishing or chart generation, leading to inefficient and cumbersome interactions.

Innovation Solution

An interaction method for a display interface with separate object interaction areas and a shared display area, utilizing AI and machine learning to perform operations directly within the application, eliminating the need to exit the current interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users exit the current desktop application to perform operations like document polishing or chart generation, then they can access additional tools and resources, but the interaction efficiency decreases and user experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess to tools and resourcesVSAvoidinteraction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the functionality of multiple separate applications into a single integrated desktop application. The object interaction area allows users to access document polishing, chart generation, and other processing functions without needing to switch between applications. This consolidation maintains versatility while eliminating the inefficiency of exiting and re-entering different applications, directly resolving the technical contradiction between adaptability and productivity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If users exit the current desktop application to search for materials and perform operations, then they can complete more comprehensive tasks, but the operation complexity increases and user experience worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetask completion capabilityVSAvoidoperation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the user interface into distinct functional areas: an object interaction area for selecting and operating on objects, and a shared display area for viewing and editing content. This segmentation allows users to perform comprehensive tasks within a single application while maintaining a simple, organized interface. Users can interact with objects in one area while their content is displayed and edited in another, reducing operational complexity while preserving task completion capability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If the display interface integrates multiple functions in one area, then operation efficiency improves, but the interface layout complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation efficiencyVSAvoidinterface layout complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display interface is segmented into two main areas: an object interaction area for controlling operations and a shared display area for content presentation. This segmentation allows multiple functions to be integrated efficiently while maintaining a clear, organized layout. The separation of control functions from display functions reduces interface complexity while preserving operational efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes spatial arrangement by placing the object interaction area and shared display area in different regions of the display interface. This dimensional organization allows users to access multiple functions simultaneously without creating a cluttered single-area layout, maintaining both operational efficiency and interface simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS20260003482A1Interaction method, electronic device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.01.01 LENOVO (BEIJING) LTD
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AI summary

An interaction method and an interaction device for a display interface are provided. The display interface includes at least one object interaction area and a shared display area. The method includes receiving an operation instruction for an interaction object through an object interaction area of the at least one object interaction area; and in response to the operation instruction, displaying content to be operated of the interaction object in the shared display area. The object interaction area and the shared display area are in different areas of the display interface.