User Terminal Use Limit Control via Weighted Application Aggregation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing user terminal systems fail to effectively inhibit long-time use, particularly when multiple applications are installed, leading to increased instances of visual display terminal syndromes such as tired eyes and stiff shoulders.
Innovation Solution
A user terminal is configured with a setting unit to assign weights to each application based on usage patterns, a calculation unit to determine the overall degree of use, and a display control unit that hinders screen usage when the degree of use exceeds a threshold, using techniques like displaying a user's face or reducing screen visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a use limit time is set for each application individually, then the use time for each specific application can be controlled, but the total use time of the user terminal may still be long
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the use time management of multiple applications into a unified total use time limit. Instead of managing each application separately, the system aggregates the use time across all applications and enforces a comprehensive limit, thereby effectively controlling the total duration of user terminal usage.
Solution Approach 2:
The use limit management system is designed to be universal across multiple applications. A single management mechanism handles use time tracking and enforcement for all applications, making the system multi-functional and eliminating the need for separate control mechanisms for each application.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications are allowed to be used simultaneously, then application versatility is improved, but the overall usage duration increases leading to health issues
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by setting use time limits before the harmful effects of long-time use occur. The management unit pre-establishes duration constraints and actively monitors usage, preventing excessive use before health issues like visual display terminal syndromes can develop.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor application usage and provide information about remaining use time. This feedback loop allows the system to adjust and enforce limits dynamically, alerting users when they approach the total use time threshold to prevent overuse.
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AI summary
A user terminal 10 according to one embodiment is a user terminal configured to be able to execute a plurality of applications set in advance as targets for use limit. The user terminal (10) includes: a setting unit (11) configured to set a weight according to an application to each of a plurality of applications; a calculation unit (13) configured to calculate a degree of a user's use of the user terminal (10) on the basis of a use amount and a weight of the application used by the user in a predetermined period; and a display control unit (14) configured to hinder the user's use of the user terminal (10) by executing control of screen display of the user terminal (10) in a case in which the degree of use exceeds a predetermined threshold.