Virtual Keyboard Touch Area Switching to Reduce Mistouches
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Solution Overview
Problem
The display area of electronic devices is inefficiently utilized due to the separate display of keyboard and touchpad areas, which often leads to excessive space usage and increased mistouches during input operations.
Innovation Solution
A control method and apparatus that dynamically adjusts the display of touch areas on an electronic device based on user input, allowing the display area to switch between a virtual keyboard and a virtual touchpad area, optimizing space usage and reducing mistouches.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the keyboard touch area and touchpad area are displayed separately on the display area, then users can access both input methods, but the display space is excessively occupied and the probability of mistouches increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the keyboard touch area and touchpad area into a single integrated virtual keyboard structure. The touchpad area is positioned within or adjacent to the virtual keyboard, allowing both input functions to share the same display space. This merging resolves the contradiction by maintaining adaptability for both input methods while significantly reducing the total display area occupied compared to separate displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated virtual keyboard structure serves multiple functions simultaneously - it provides both keyboard input capability and touchpad input capability through a unified interface. This multi-functionality allows the system to maintain versatility in input methods while using a single compact display area, thereby resolving the space occupation issue.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the keyboard touch area and touchpad area are displayed separately on the display area, then users can access both input methods, but the probability of mistouches increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the keyboard and touchpad into a single integrated virtual keyboard structure, the patent eliminates the separate display areas that caused mistouches. The integrated design ensures that touch operations are precisely registered within the unified coordinate system, improving input accuracy while maintaining both input method functionalities.
3Ease of operation
If a virtual keyboard occupies a large display area, then the keyboard touch area is sufficient for input, but the remaining display area for other content is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the touchpad area within the virtual keyboard structure, creating a compact integrated input interface. This integration maintains sufficient keyboard input capability while significantly reducing the total display area required, thereby leaving more space for other content display.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual keyboard can dynamically adjust its size and position on the display based on user needs and available space. This dynamic behavior allows the keyboard to occupy only the necessary minimum area for effective input, maximizing the remaining display space for other content while maintaining ease of operation.
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AI summary
A control method includes obtaining a touch operation, and in response to the touch operation, controlling an input state of an electronic device. The input state of the electronic device at least includes a first input state and a second input state. In the first input state, a first display area of the electronic device displays a first touch area. In the second input state, the first display area of the electronic device displays a second touch area that at least covers a portion of the first touch area.