Split-Screen Display Decoupling for Independent App Operation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing split-screen display technologies on terminals, such as folding screen mobile phones, face challenges in achieving decoupling between different split-screen areas, leading to mutual interference and poor user experience, especially when switching applications or running multiple accounts of the same application in separate areas.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a subsystem for each split-screen area to run applications independently, allowing interfaces to be switched without affecting other areas, and enabling simultaneous operation of different accounts on the same application across split-screen areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional split-screen display is implemented, then multiple applications can be displayed simultaneously, but the split-screen areas cannot operate independently and mutual interference occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display screen into multiple independent split-screen areas, where each area can independently display and switch between different applications or accounts. This segmentation allows each split-screen area to operate autonomously without affecting others, resolving the mutual interference issue while maintaining display stability through independent window management mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If application switching is implemented in one split-screen area, then user flexibility improves, but it causes display changes in other areas
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the application switching function from the global display system and localizes it to individual split-screen areas. Each area maintains its own application instance and state, allowing users to switch applications in one area without triggering changes in other areas. This extraction preserves display layout stability while enabling flexible application switching within each independent area.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple accounts of the same application are run in different split-screen areas, then functionality is enhanced, but display interference occurs between areas
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements independent window systems for each split-screen area, allowing multiple accounts of the same application to run simultaneously in different areas without interference. Each area maintains separate application instances with isolated display contexts, eliminating mutual interference while enabling enhanced multi-account operation capability across the divided screen.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and an apparatus for split-screen display including: displaying a first interface of a first application in a first split-screen area, displaying a second interface of a second application in a second split-screen area different from the first split-screen area, in response to a start instruction for a split-screen function; displaying a third interface in the second split-screen area, displaying the first interface of the first application in the first split-screen area, in response to a first operation on the second interface. The third interface is independent from the second application.