Tile Display Rearrangement for Screen Space Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable electronic devices face challenges in efficiently arranging and displaying information due to limited space, where existing methods do not effectively manage tile heights and widths to optimize screen usage.
Innovation Solution
A method is implemented where tiles are rearranged by exchanging groups based on width equality or inequality, with adjacent tiles added to maintain consistent row heights equal to the largest minimum height of tiles in each row, ensuring optimal display space utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If tiles are arranged in rows with varying heights to accommodate different tile sizes, then each tile can display its required information, but large gaps and uneven spacing appear in the display layout
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic row height adjustment where row heights are automatically recalculated based on the minimum heights of tiles within each row. When tiles are exchanged between rows, the system dynamically adjusts row heights to maintain uniform appearance while accommodating different tile size requirements, eliminating large gaps and uneven spacing in the display layout.
2Productivity
If tiles are exchanged between rows to optimize space utilization, then screen space efficiency improves, but the complexity of tile arrangement management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-adjusting tile arrangement system where tiles automatically exchange between rows based on width comparisons and minimum height requirements. The system autonomously optimizes screen space utilization by comparing tile widths and performing exchanges when beneficial, without requiring complex manual management or external control mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the arrangement parameters by comparing tile widths and adjusting row assignments based on width equality or inequality. When tiles of different widths are detected, the system modifies the arrangement by exchanging tiles between rows to achieve more efficient space utilization while maintaining uniform row heights.
3Shape
If row height is set to the largest minimum height of tiles in that row, then all tiles can be displayed at their minimum height without large gaps, but the overall display area may not be fully optimized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into multiple rows and optimizes each row independently by setting row heights based on the largest minimum height of tiles within that specific row. This segmentation allows uniform appearance within each row while enabling tile exchanges between rows to improve overall display area utilization, balancing local uniformity with global optimization.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of controlling display of information arranged in tiles on a display includes arranging the tiles in rows by setting a height of each row to a largest minimum height of the tiles of that row, receiving selections of a first group of tiles in a first row and a second group of tiles in a second row. In response to determining that the first group width is equal to the second group width, the groups are exchanged by moving the first group of tiles to the second row and the second group of tiles to the first row. A new height of the first row and a new height of the second row are set. In response to determining that the first group width differs from the second group width, an adjacent tile is added to the one of the first group and the second group that has a smaller width.