Terminal Connection Status Dynamic Animation Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of terminals often lack clear and diverse feedback on the status of connections to external devices, such as headphones or charging, leading to a suboptimal user experience.

Innovation Solution

Implementing an information display method that includes detecting connections and displaying progress graphs and dynamic animations on the terminal's screen, indicating the status of data transmission, charging, or audio connections, with customizable positions, shapes, colors, and movements to enhance user perception.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the terminal displays only basic connection status information, then the display is simple and clear, but the user cannot obtain comprehensive information about the connection status

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection status informationVSAvoiddisplay complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The connection status information is segmented into multiple visual components: progress graphs showing transmission progress, dynamic animations indicating connection establishment, object graphs representing data packets, and status indicators. Each segment conveys specific aspects of the connection status, allowing comprehensive information delivery without overwhelming the user with a single complex display element.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from traditional one-dimensional status indicators (text or simple icons) to two-dimensional visual representations including progress graphs with multiple bars, animated object graphs moving across the screen, and colored status indicators. This dimensional expansion enables richer information communication while maintaining visual clarity.

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

2Ease of operation

If the terminal provides detailed connection status feedback, then the user experience is improved, but the display becomes more complex and less clear

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoiddisplay complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Different regions of the display are assigned specific functions with appropriate visual characteristics. The progress graph area uses horizontal bars with gradient colors to indicate transmission progress, the animation area displays moving object graphs to show data flow, and status regions use colored indicators. Each local region provides specialized feedback appropriate to its function, enhancing overall user experience while maintaining organizational clarity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs color changes as a primary visual feedback mechanism. Progress bars transition from red to green as transmission completes, object graphs change color to indicate different transmission states, and status indicators use color coding to show connection health. These color transitions provide intuitive, easily perceptible feedback that improves user experience without requiring complex visual elements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

3Loss of information

If the terminal uses static display elements for connection status, then the display is simple, but the user perception of connection processes is weak

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection process visibilityVSAvoidanimation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces static status indicators with dynamic visual elements. Object graphs animate across the screen to represent data transmission, progress bars dynamically update their length and color based on transmission progress, and connection status indicators transition smoothly between states. These dynamic elements create a vivid representation of the connection process, making it visually engaging and easy to perceive without excessive complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The animation system employs periodic updates to display connection status. Object graphs are generated at regular intervals to represent continuous data flow, progress bars update periodically to show transmission milestones, and status indicators refresh at set frequencies. This periodic action creates a rhythmical visual pattern that enhances user perception of the connection process while maintaining display efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS10607380B2Information display method and terminal
Publication Date: 2020.03.31 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

An information display method and a terminal, where the information display method includes detecting whether a terminal is currently connected to an external device, transmitting a transmission object between the terminal and the external device when the terminal is currently connected to the external device, and displaying a progress graph and a transmission dynamic animation on a screen of the terminal when the transmission object is transmitted between the terminal and the external device, where the transmission dynamic animation includes an object graph that moves from a start position on the screen to an end position on the screen and disappears at the end position, and the object graph is used to indicate the transmission object. According to the foregoing method, a user can have better experience in perceiving a status of the connection between the terminal and the external device.