Terminal Display Segmentation for Task Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile terminals lack an intuitive and efficient user interface for controlling tasks, as the user interface and user experience for touch input schemes have not evolved significantly with changes in display size and user environment, making it difficult to effectively utilize the display area and provide information on currently executing tasks without screen switching.
Innovation Solution
A terminal with a controller that displays soft keys and related information on a fixed area of the display, allowing users to control tasks without switching screens, by utilizing a soft key area at the bottom and function indicators at the top, enabling efficient use of the display space and providing information on executed tasks, applications, external devices, or storage without screen changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a full-screen display is used to show task information, then information completeness is improved, but screen switching is required which reduces operational efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple regions: a main display region for primary content and a sub display region for task information. This segmentation allows task information to be displayed simultaneously with main content without requiring full-screen transitions, thus preventing information loss while avoiding screen switching time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using temporal dimension (screen switching), the patent utilizes spatial dimension by adding a sub display region. Task information is displayed in this additional spatial dimension alongside the main content, allowing users to access task information without leaving the current screen context.
2Loss of information
If display size is increased to provide more information, then information capacity is improved, but physical keys are removed which reduces tactile feedback and operational simplicity
Solution Approach 1:
Physical mechanical keys are replaced with soft keys displayed on the touchscreen. These soft keys provide visual feedback and can be touched for input, substituting the mechanical feedback of physical keys with tactile feedback from the touchscreen surface while maintaining the ability to input commands.
Solution Approach 2:
The touchscreen display serves multiple functions: it displays main content, shows task information in the sub region, and provides input functionality through soft keys. This multi-functionality consolidates what were previously separate components (display and physical keyboard) into a single universal interface.
3Productivity
If a fixed soft key area is used for task control, then operational efficiency is improved, but display area utilization is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The soft key area is placed in a specific local region (sub display region) rather than occupying the entire screen. This localized placement provides dedicated task control functionality where users frequently need to interact, while leaving the main display area available for primary content, thus balancing operational efficiency with display area utilization.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a terminal and a method of operating the terminal. The terminal can execute at least one task. The terminal can execute at least one task, can cause the display to display a soft key and information related to the executed at least one task at a first region of the display and can cause the display to display at least one function indicator related to the information at a second region of the display.