Touch Position Adjustment for Handheld Antenna Attenuation

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Solution Overview

Problem

The challenge is to improve the wireless performance of mobile terminals when they are held by a user, as the hand can significantly attenuate signal strength, leading to reduced antenna efficiency and compromised call and data service quality.

Innovation Solution

A touch position adjustment method that determines the current wireless performance parameter of a terminal when a touch action is detected, identifies a target touch position to minimize performance degradation, and provides a prompt to adjust the touch position accordingly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the mobile terminal is held by a user's hand, then the terminal can be operated conveniently, but the antenna performance deteriorates due to hand attenuation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehandheld operation convenienceVSAvoidantenna performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes a correspondence relationship between multiple holding states and multiple antennas before actual use. When a touch action is detected, the system quickly determines the current holding state and switches to the predetermined optimal antenna configuration, avoiding real-time complex calculations and achieving fast response.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically switches between different antennas based on the detected holding state. The antenna configuration is not fixed but adapts to the user's holding posture, transitioning between different antenna elements to maintain optimal performance in various handheld scenarios.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If multiple antennas are deployed to improve wireless performance, then the antenna coverage increases, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewireless performanceVSAvoidantenna system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The antenna system is divided into multiple independent antenna elements, each optimized for specific holding scenarios. The correspondence relationship table segments the solution space by mapping specific holding states to specific antenna configurations, making the complex multi-antenna system manageable through structured pre-computation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-computes and stores the optimal antenna configurations for various holding states in a correspondence relationship table during the design phase. This eliminates the need for real-time complex optimization calculations, reducing the computational burden and system complexity during actual operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Device complexity

If the antenna configuration is fixed, then the device complexity is reduced, but the wireless performance deteriorates in different holding states

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveantenna configuration simplicityVSAvoidwireless performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The antenna configuration transitions from a fixed design to a dynamic one that adapts to the detected holding state. The system maintains simplicity by using a pre-computed correspondence table rather than real-time optimization, allowing the antenna configuration to change based on user interaction while keeping the control logic straightforward.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by detecting the holding state through touch sensors and using this information to select the appropriate antenna configuration from the correspondence relationship table. This closed-loop approach ensures the antenna system responds to user holding patterns while maintaining simple control through pre-established mappings.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3896563B1Touch position adjustment method and device, storage medium, and electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.01.22 ZTE CORP
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AI summary

A touch position adjustment method and device, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method comprises: if it is detected that there is currently a touch action of a touch body touching a terminal, determining a current wireless performance parameter of the terminal (S702); if it is determined that the current wireless performance parameter differs from a predetermined target wireless performance parameter of the terminal by a first predetermined threshold, determining a target touch position of the touch body touching the terminal (S704); and giving a prompt according to the target touch position to adjust the current touch position of the touch body on the terminal (S706).