Electronic Apparatus Display Method Suppressing Overlapping Time Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile phones display both clock information from the foreground and background images on the standby screen, causing a strange user experience and readability issues when time information is overlaid.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a control part that acquires and displays information, and an information display suppression part that suppresses the display of either foreground or background information when they overlap or are too close, allowing for improved visibility by managing the display positions and formats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If both foreground and background clock displays are shown on the standby screen, then complete information is provided, but the user experience becomes strange and readability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the clock display function from one of the overlapping displays (either foreground or background) when both would show time information. The control unit detects overlapping clock displays and removes one, keeping only the necessary time information visible without the strange dual-display effect
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary anti-action by preemptively preventing the strange dual-clock display effect before it occurs. The control unit continuously monitors for overlapping clock displays and suppresses one in advance, avoiding the user confusion that would result from showing both clock displays simultaneously
2Loss of information
If both foreground and background clock displays are shown on the standby screen, then complete information is provided, but the displayed time becomes unreadable due to superposition
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the clock display function from one of the overlapping displays (either foreground or background) when both would show time information. The control unit detects overlapping clock displays and removes one, keeping only the necessary time information visible without the strange dual-display effect
Solution Approach 2:
The patent converts the harmful superposition effect into a beneficial selection process. By detecting when clock displays overlap and one would be unreadable, the system intelligently selects which display to suppress, transforming the potential readability problem into an opportunity for optimized information presentation
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AI summary
In an electronic device and its display method, which dissolves a feeling of wrongness given to users in the case where information displayed in the foreground image and its related information is displayed in the background image, thereby making it possible to reduce a burden imposed on users; when a wallpaper display processing is carried out and a background image displayed by a background image display unit (183) is included in information and its related information displayed by an information display unit (182), such as a clock, a date, a radio condition, a remaining battery charge, and the like; an information display suppression unit (184) suppresses display of either the information display by the information display unit (182) or the information display by the background image display unit (183).