Touch Display UI Relocation to Avoid Body Obstruction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions are inadequate and cost-effective for presenting information on a touch-enabled display without obstruction by body parts, as the location of input does not ensure unobstructed viewing.
Innovation Solution
A device with a touch-enabled display, processor, and memory that receives input from body parts and styluses, allowing the presentation of user interfaces at specific locations different from the input points, ensuring non-obstructed viewing by using threshold distances and area-based calculations to position the UI.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user interface is presented at the location of input from a body part, then the input location is utilized for display, but the viewing is obstructed by the body part itself
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the user interface display from the input location and relocates it to a different position on the display device. When a body part contacts the touchscreen at a first location, the system detects this input and presents the requested user interface at a second location that is spatially separated from the first location, thereby removing the display content from the obstructing body part's position.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing step between input detection and display presentation. The system acts as an intermediary by receiving input at a first location, processing this input to determine an appropriate second location, and then presenting the user interface at this intermediate second location that avoids obstruction while maintaining functional responsiveness.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the user interface is relocated to avoid obstruction, then viewing clarity is improved, but the distance between input and display increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the display location adaptive rather than fixed. The system determines the second location based on the specific first input location and the nature of the obstruction, creating a localized optimal display position for each input event. This allows the interface to be presented at the most appropriate distance and position relative to each user's hand or body part.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamics by making the second location variable rather than static. The system dynamically adjusts the position of the user interface based on real-time input location, body part detection, and display boundaries. This dynamic repositioning optimizes the distance between input and display for each specific interaction scenario.
Data Source
AI summary
In one aspect, a device includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive first input from a body part of a user at a first location of the touch-enabled display and receive second input from a stylus at a second location of the touch-enabled display, where the second input is identified as a request to present a window on the touch-enabled display. The instructions are also executable to, at least in part based on the first location and the second location, present the window on the touch-enabled display at a third location on the touch-enabled display, where the third location is different from the first and second locations.