Watch Face Configuration Mapping for Context-Aware Wearable Settings

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of wearable devices like smartwatches face inconvenience due to separate operations required for configuring options such as screen brightness and always-on display modes when changing watch faces, and there is a need for a solution that automatically adjusts these settings based on context and user preferences.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a processor and memory that stores mapping data between different screens and configuration settings, allowing automatic adjustment of features like screen brightness, do-not-disturb mode, and Bluetooth settings when a watch face is changed, either by user input or context detection, and can download configuration information from external servers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a camera module is integrated into a smartphone, then the smartphone can capture photos and videos, but the smartphone structure becomes more complex and the device becomes thicker

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvephoto and video capture capabilityVSAvoidsmartphone structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The camera module is embedded within the display assembly structure, where the display assembly serves as the housing for the camera module. The camera module includes a camera lens, image sensor, and signal processor that are integrated into the display assembly, allowing the camera functionality to be nested within the existing display structure rather than adding a separate external module.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The display assembly serves multiple functions: it acts as both the display interface and the housing/structure for the camera module. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate structural components, thereby reducing overall device complexity while maintaining photo and video capture capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If a camera module with lens and image sensor is added to the smartphone, then imaging functionality is achieved, but the device thickness increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimaging functionalityVSAvoiddevice thickness
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The camera lens, image sensor, and signal processor are nested within the display assembly structure. The display assembly provides the structural housing that contains these imaging components, eliminating the need for additional external camera modules that would increase device thickness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The camera module is integrated in the planar dimension of the display assembly rather than extending in the thickness dimension. By arranging the camera lens, image sensor, and signal processor within the surface area of the display assembly, the design avoids increasing device thickness while maintaining imaging functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Device complexity

If camera components are integrated into the display assembly, then device complexity is reduced, but manufacturing precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesmartphone structureVSAvoidcomponent integration precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The camera module components (lens, image sensor, signal processor) are nested within the display assembly, which serves as a pre-fabricated structural unit with defined mounting interfaces. This nesting approach provides a standardized platform that simplifies integration while maintaining precise component positioning through the display assembly's structured design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The display assembly provides localized structural features and mounting configurations specifically designed for the camera components. By optimizing the local structure of the display assembly at the camera integration points, the design achieves precise component positioning and alignment without requiring excessive precision across the entire device manufacturing process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP4283409B1Electronic device, and operation method of electronic device
Publication Date: 2026.04.29 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

In an electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device according to various embodiments, a configuration of the electronic device may be changed using first configuration information relating to an electronic device function mapped to a first screen when the first screen is displayed as a screen while the electronic device is in a standby state, and the configuration of the electronic device may be changed using second configuration information relating to an electronic device function mapped when a second screen is displayed.