Tilted Operation Display Layout for Glanceable Touch Notifications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display devices struggle to facilitate easy touch operations and notifications when users cannot constantly attend to the screen, particularly in vehicle-mounted applications where the display and operation regions are in the same plane, making it difficult to satisfy the requirements of ease of use and notification perception.
Innovation Solution
The display device incorporates a display portion and an operation portion inclined relative to a virtual plane, allowing image transfer between these regions for notifications and touch operations, with a control unit managing the display control to move images or notifications between the two portions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the display portion and operation portion are arranged in the same plane, then the device structure is simple, but the ease of operation deteriorates because users cannot easily perceive notifications while performing touch operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by tilting the operation portion relative to the display portion, transforming the traditional coplanar two-dimensional layout into a three-dimensional structure. This spatial separation in the vertical dimension allows notifications to be displayed on the tilted operation portion, making them visible at a glance without requiring users to focus on the screen, thereby resolving the contradiction between simple structure and ease of operation.
2Ease of manufacture
If the display portion and operation portion are arranged in the same plane, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the ease of operation deteriorates when users cannot constantly attend to the screen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the display device into two distinct functional portions: the display portion for showing content and the tilted operation portion for notifications and touch operations. This segmentation allows each portion to be optimized independently - the display portion maintains its standard manufacturing simplicity while the operation portion is tilted to improve accessibility and visibility, resolving the contradiction between ease of manufacture and ease of operation.
3Area of stationary object
If notifications are displayed only on the display portion, then the display area is fully utilized, but the ease of operation deteriorates because users must focus on the screen to perceive notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces the tilted operation portion as an intermediary element between the display portion and the user. This intermediary structure serves dual purposes: it provides additional space for notification display without reducing the main display area, and its tilted orientation makes notifications naturally visible at a glance. This resolves the contradiction by adding a mediating structure that enhances notification visibility while preserving display area utilization.
Data Source
AI summary
A display device includes: a display including a display portion which is a region where an image is to be displayed and an operation portion which is a region disposed to be inclined with respect to a virtual plane formed by the display portion and capable of allowing image display and a touch operation to be performed thereon; and a control unit that controls image display on the display. The control unit executes display control which is at least one of: first display control of causing the operation portion to display the notification; or second display control of causing the display portion to display an image corresponding to the touch operation.