Touch Screen Interface Dynamic UI Resizing for Device Volume Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Handheld electronic devices with touch screens face challenges in minimizing size while maintaining functionality due to the need for hardware buttons, which increases device length and makes them inconvenient to carry.
Innovation Solution
Integrating hardware buttons into the touch screen and reducing the user interface size when an operating function is activated, allowing the operating interface to be displayed on one area of the screen and the reduced user interface on another, using a proportional reduction method to retain information visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If hardware buttons are disposed on the device, then the device provides navigation and control functionality, but the device length increases and becomes inconvenient to carry
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges hardware buttons with the touch screen by integrating physical tactile feedback mechanisms directly into the touch screen structure. This allows the touch screen to provide both visual display and physical button functionality, eliminating the need for separate hardware buttons and reducing device length while maintaining navigation and control capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch screen is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as both a display interface and a control interface with tactile feedback. By making the touch screen universal for both information display and input control, the patent eliminates the need for dedicated hardware buttons, thereby reducing device length while preserving ease of operation.
2Volume of moving object
If the user interface size is reduced to accommodate operating interface, then the device volume is minimized, but the visibility of user interface elements may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic user interface that can adjust its size and layout based on the operational context. When an operating function is activated, the UI dynamically resizes and repositions elements to accommodate the operating interface while maintaining visibility. This dynamic adaptation allows the interface to optimize space utilization without permanently sacrificing element visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface is segmented into functional regions that can be independently adjusted. By dividing the UI into separate controllable segments, the patent allows certain regions to be reduced or hidden when not needed, while preserving the visibility and accessibility of critical information elements, thus minimizing device volume impact without losing essential information.
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AI summary
A method of operating a handheld electronic device and a touch interface apparatus and a storage medium using the same are provided. In this method, an operating interface displayed on a touch screen of the handheld electronic device is used to operate a function module of the handheld electronic device. First, the function module of the handheld electronic device is activated to display a user interface corresponding to the function module on the touch screen. Next, an operating function of the function module is activated, so as to display a corresponding operating interface on the touch screen. In the meantime, the user interface of the function module is reduced simultaneously and displayed on an area of the touch screen excluding the operating interface. Accordingly, a convenient operating interface is provided for the user to operate while the content of original displayed frame remains.