UI Element Deployment on Broken Screens
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Solution Overview
Problem
As screens in portable computing and communication devices become larger and thinner, they face increased risks of physical damage and electronic faults, leading to broken or faulty regions that can cause user interface elements to be incorrectly or incompletely displayed, making it difficult to repair and resulting in the need for whole screen replacement.
Innovation Solution
A method is implemented to detect broken-faulty regions on a screen and determine normal regions for deploying user interface elements, allowing these elements to be repositioned or rearranged to avoid faulty areas, thereby extending the device's lifecycle and reducing repair costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If screens are made larger and thinner to achieve higher display resolutions and lighter weight, then display quality and portability are improved, but the risk of physical damage and electronic faults increases
Solution Approach 1:
The screen is divided into normal regions and broken-faulty regions through detection. User interface elements are segmented and deployed only on normal regions, allowing the system to utilize functional portions of the screen while ignoring damaged areas. This segmentation approach maintains display quality on usable portions without requiring complete screen replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes the deployment parameters of user interface elements based on screen condition. By detecting broken regions and adjusting where UI elements are placed (position, layout parameters), the system adapts to screen degradation while maintaining functionality. This parameter adjustment allows continued use of screens with partial damage.
2Area of stationary object
If user interface elements are displayed on broken-faulty regions, then screen real estate is maximized, but display correctness and interaction reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of broken-faulty regions before deploying user interface elements. By identifying unusable areas in advance, the system can pre-calculate optimal deployment positions for UI elements that avoid damaged regions. This preliminary action ensures that all UI elements are placed on normal regions, maintaining display correctness while maximizing usable screen area.
3Reliability
If whole screen replacement is performed to ensure proper display functionality, then reliability is improved, but cost and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and isolates the damaged portions of the screen from the functional portions. By detecting broken-faulty regions and excluding them from UI element deployment, the system effectively removes the harmful impact of damage without requiring physical removal or replacement of the entire screen. This extraction approach allows continued device operation with partial screen damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides self-service by automatically detecting screen damage and adapting UI element deployment without requiring professional repair intervention. The detection and adaptive deployment mechanism allows the device to continue functioning with reduced functionality rather than requiring complete screen replacement, saving both time and cost.
4Reliability
If user interface elements are repositioned to avoid broken regions, then display reliability is improved, but layout consistency and user experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by deploying user interface elements with different characteristics in different regions of the screen based on normal vs. broken areas. UI elements are positioned and sized to fit within normal regions while maintaining appropriate spacing and layout. This local adaptation ensures functional reliability while preserving reasonable user experience through context-appropriate positioning.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for deploying user interface elements on a screen which has broken-faulty regions on the screen. One or more broken-faulty regions are detected on the screen. At least a part of the normal regions on the screen is determined to be a region for displaying at least a part of one or more user interface elements which are related to the one or more broken-faulty regions. The at least a part of the one or more user interface elements are deployed on the screen based on the result of the determining.