Touch Screen Region Splitting for Multi-Window Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices with limited screen size and user interface face inconvenience in executing multiple applications, requiring repetitive execution and closing processes due to the inability to efficiently display and manage multiple application execution windows.
Innovation Solution
A method and display device that splits the touch screen into regions based on a button's position, allowing users to move the button via touch input, obtaining an inclination value to select and move the button to a specific region, enabling easy control and management of multiple application execution windows.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a mobile device displays a single application execution screen on the entire display area, then the application can be executed smoothly, but the user cannot execute multiple applications simultaneously and must repeatedly close and open applications to switch between them
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple regions, with each region capable of displaying a different application execution window. This segmentation allows multiple applications to be executed simultaneously in different regions, eliminating the need to close and reopen applications when switching between them.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension for application management by utilizing spatial division of the display screen into multiple regions. Instead of sequential application execution (one after another), the system enables parallel execution across different spatial regions, effectively adding a spatial dimension to application management.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display screen is divided into multiple regions to display multiple application execution windows, then multiple applications can be executed simultaneously, but the user interface becomes more complex and harder to control
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal control mechanism that can manage multiple application execution windows across different regions using a unified set of control operations. The same control interface and interaction methods are used regardless of which region or application is active, simplifying the user experience despite the increased functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a window manager as an intermediary component that handles the complexity of managing multiple application execution windows. This mediator abstracts the complex control operations from the user, providing simplified controls while managing the underlying complexity of region allocation, window positioning, and application coordination.
3Weight of moving object
If the display screen size is reduced to make the mobile device portable, then the device becomes more portable, but the screen area available for displaying and controlling multiple applications is limited
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the limited display screen into multiple functional regions, the patent maximizes the utilization of the small screen area. Each region can display a different application window, effectively multiplying the functional capacity of the limited screen real estate without requiring a larger physical display.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the two-dimensional display space into a multi-regional workspace by introducing spatial segmentation. This allows the limited screen area to accommodate multiple application windows simultaneously through clever spatial arrangement, effectively increasing the usable display area for application management without increasing the physical device size.
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AI summary
A method of displaying for allowing a plurality of application windows to be easily controlled and a display device therefor are provided. A method of displaying a screen on a display device includes displaying a button on a touch screen; splitting the touch screen into a plurality of regions based on the position at which the button is displayed, receiving a touch input to move a displayed button, obtaining a slope value of a line connecting a start point of the touch input to an end point thereof, selecting a region corresponding to the slope value from among the plurality of regions split, and moving the button to a certain position included in a selected region.