Virtual Ruler Triggering on Electronic Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices with display modules, such as touch panels, face challenges in providing intuitive and efficient input methods for users, particularly in tasks that require precision and auxiliary tools like rulers or protractors, where existing methods lack seamless integration and user experience.
Innovation Solution
An operating method is introduced for electronic devices that includes a detecting module, a display module, and a processing module, which detects input signals, triggers auxiliary displaying modules like virtual rulers or protractors, and displays drawing tracks along their edges, enhancing user interaction and convenience by mimicking actual tool experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If virtual auxiliary displaying modules are integrated into the display module, then user convenience and task ease are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the auxiliary displaying module (virtual ruler or protractor) with the display module into a single integrated system. The auxiliary module is triggered by input signals and displayed directly on the display module, eliminating the need for separate physical tools and improving user convenience while managing complexity through software integration.
2Loss of time
If the auxiliary displaying module is triggered by input signals, then quick access to auxiliary information is achieved, but the sensing and detection requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-defines specific input signal patterns (such as double-clicking or specific gesture combinations) that trigger the auxiliary displaying module. These predetermined trigger conditions allow the system to quickly respond to user intent without requiring complex real-time analysis, achieving fast access while managing detection complexity through predefined protocols.
3Measurement precision
If drawing tracks are displayed along the edge of the auxiliary displaying module, then measurement precision and task accuracy are improved, but the display information density increases
Solution Approach 1:
The drawing tracks are displayed specifically along the edges of the auxiliary displaying module rather than filling the entire display area. This localized display approach provides precise measurement references where needed (along the ruler/protractor edges) while leaving the rest of the display available for other content, thus improving measurement accuracy without excessively increasing overall information density.
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AI summary
An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display module and a detecting module. The operating method includes: detecting a first input signal by the detecting module; triggering an auxiliary displaying module according to the first input signal, and displaying the auxiliary displaying module on the display module; detecting a second input signal by the detecting module; determining whether the second input signal is in a sensing zone corresponding to the auxiliary displaying module; and displaying a drawing track along an edge of the auxiliary displaying module according to the second input signal when the second input signal is in the sensing zone.