Touch Control Region Division for Multi-User Privacy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Capacitive touch screens cannot recognize individual users, making it impossible to divide specific regions for users on large screens, which compromises user privacy and experience when multiple users share the same screen.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method that detects touch control operations, determines user regions based on unique ID information and touch position data, and manages public regions for secure file sharing and authentication, ensuring each user operates within their designated area.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If a large size capacitive screen is used, then the display area is increased, but user privacy and personalized experience deteriorate because multiple users cannot have dedicated regions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay areaVSAvoiduser privacy and personalized experience
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The capacitive touch screen is divided into multiple independent touch control regions, with each region assigned to a specific user based on their touch position and ID information. This segmentation allows each user to have a dedicated operating area on the large display, preventing overlap and ensuring privacy while maintaining the large display area for collaborative use.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the capacitive screen are assigned different user identifiers and access rights. Each region has localized quality characteristics tailored to specific users, allowing personalized interaction experiences while maintaining the overall large display functionality. The system dynamically assigns regions based on user ID and touch position.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of operation

If user region division is implemented, then user privacy and experience are improved, but system complexity increases due to need for ID detection and region management

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser privacy and personalized experienceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects user identity through ID transmitters and autonomously assigns touch control regions based on detected touch positions. The region division is performed automatically without manual configuration, reducing the operational burden on users while managing system complexity through automated algorithms that process ID and position data to determine appropriate regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10203864B2Information processing method and electronic apparatus
Publication Date: 2019.02.12 LENOVO (BEIJING) LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses an information processing method applied in an electronic apparatus having a touch control display unit, the method includes detecting whether there is a first touch control operation of a first user on the touch control display unit; responding to the first touch control operation to obtain at least one piece of first touch control position information of the first touch control operation on at least one first touch control point on the touch control display unit when there is the first touch control operation; and determining a first user region belonging to a first user on the touch control display unit based on the at least one piece of first touch control position information. Further, the present disclosure also discloses an electronic apparatus corresponding to the above-described information processing method.