Split-Screen Execution Control for Adjustable Multitasking Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices face inconvenience and difficulty in managing multiple applications due to the need for continuous screen switching and interrupting execution screens during multitasking, leading to a suboptimal user experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with processing circuitry enables simultaneous display of multiple execution screens through a touchscreen interface, allowing users to adjust display areas using objects and inputs, such as swipes or taps, to manage screen portions dynamically.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional electronic devices switch screens when executing multiple applications, then the device can manage multiple applications, but the user experience deteriorates due to continuous interruption and difficulty in understanding application progress
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple regions, with each region displaying a different application's execution screen. This allows multiple applications to be viewed simultaneously without interrupting each other, resolving the contradiction between multitasking capability and user experience by enabling both application execution and continuous visibility of progress
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from sequential screen switching (one-dimensional time-based interaction) to spatial arrangement of multiple execution screens on the display. By utilizing the two-dimensional display space to show multiple applications concurrently, the system maintains adaptability for multitasking while dramatically improving ease of operation through visual accessibility
2Productivity
If the display area is fixed for each application, then the device can manage multiple applications efficiently, but the user experience worsens due to inability to adjust display preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The display areas for each application are made dynamic rather than fixed. Users can interact with the display to adjust the size and position of each application's execution screen according to their preferences. This dynamic adjustment capability resolves the contradiction by maintaining efficient application management through the multi-region layout while adding the adaptability needed for personalized display configurations
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device comprises: a memory storing instructions, a touch screen, and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, configured to execute the instructions and to cause the electronic device to: display a first execution screen of a first application on the touch screen; display a second execution screen of a second application and a portion of the first execution screen on the touch screen when a first input to a first object included in the first execution screen and representing the second application is confirmed, wherein a second object for adjusting the display areas of the first execution screen and the second execution screen is displayed on the second execution screen or the portion of the first execution screen; confirm a second input to the second object via the touch screen; and display the first execution screen, the second execution screen, or the portion of the first execution screen and a portion of the second execution screen on the basis of the travel distance and travel direction of the second object due to the second input.