Side Display Screen Capture via Touch Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile terminals lack an efficient method for user input and function execution using a side display unit, limiting their functionality and user interaction.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal with a side display unit that allows users to input commands and execute functions by setting a storing region through specific touch inputs, including drag touches, pinch-ins, and pinch-outs, which enables capturing and storing screen information and providing a user-friendly interface for selecting storage formats and executing applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a side display unit is added to the mobile terminal, then user interaction and functionality are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into a main display region and a side display unit, allowing independent functionality for each region. The side display unit can be separately controlled to provide additional user interaction without affecting the main display, thus enhancing versatility while managing complexity through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The display interface extends from a traditional single-plane display to a multi-dimensional layout with a main display area and a side display unit. This spatial dimensionality change allows users to interact with content in both the main area and side area simultaneously, enhancing user interaction capability without requiring a complete redesign of the device structure
2Ease of operation
If the side display unit is used for input and function execution, then usability is improved, but the main display may be obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is divided into distinct segments: a main display region for primary content and a side display unit for input and function execution. This segmentation ensures that activities in the side display unit do not obstruct the main display area, as each region operates independently with its own content and interactions
Solution Approach 2:
The side display unit acts as an intermediary interface between the user and the main display content. Users can perform input operations and execute functions through the side display unit without directly interacting with or obstructing the main display area, thus improving usability while preserving the integrity of the main display
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AI summary
Disclosed is a mobile terminal having a side display unit. The mobile terminal includes: a body having a front surface, side surfaces and a rear surface; a display unit having a first region disposed on the front surface, and a second region extending from the first region, the second region disposed on the side surface; a touch sensing unit configured to sense a touch input applied to the display unit; and a controller configured to; sense, via the touch sensing unit, at least one touch input applied to one or more points on the second region in a state where screen information has been output to the first region, and process the least one touch input applied to the one or more points on the second region as a storing command for storing at least part of the screen information output to the first region, when the at least one touch input applied to the one or more points on the second region corresponds to a predetermined touch type.