Wearable Display Screen Area Segmentation for Position Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wearable electronic devices face challenges in accurately aligning screen positions with the user's eyes, leading to inconvenience and complexity, especially when display devices of varying sizes and forms are mounted, and screen positions can become misaligned due to physical impacts.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a touch screen that divides its screen area into a first screen area for displaying content corresponding to the wearable device and a second screen area for input control, using a processor to determine and control these areas, allowing for automatic adjustment of screen positions and providing functions in both areas to enhance user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If display devices of various sizes and forms are mounted on wearable device, then the wearable device can support multiple display configurations, but screen positions cannot accurately align with user's eyes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay configuration compatibilityVSAvoidscreen position alignment
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes display parameters (screen position, size, orientation) based on detected mounting conditions and user feedback, allowing the same display device to adapt to different mounting configurations while maintaining accurate alignment with the user's eyes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from user input (manual position adjustment) and sensor data (accelerometer, gyroscope) to automatically adjust and recalibrate screen positions, ensuring accurate alignment even when display devices of various sizes and forms are mounted

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If manual control is used to adjust screen positions, then screen alignment can be corrected, but device structure becomes complex and operation becomes inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescreen position alignmentVSAvoidadjustment mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-calibration and self-adjustment of screen positions using sensor data and automated algorithms, eliminating the need for complex manual adjustment mechanisms while maintaining accurate alignment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces mechanical adjustment mechanisms with software-based position control, using digital signal processing and coordinate transformation to achieve precise screen alignment without physical moving parts

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Strength

If display device moves due to physical impact, then device may be damaged, but screen position changes and misalignment occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice durabilityVSAvoidscreen position alignment
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system detects physical impacts in advance using sensors and applies compensatory position adjustments before misalignment occurs, preventing the harmful effect of impact-induced displacement

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors device orientation and position using accelerometers and gyroscopes, providing real-time feedback to automatically recalibrate screen positions after physical impacts

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

4Ease of operation

If entire screen area is used for wearable device display, then immersion is improved, but other screen areas cannot be used for control functions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser immersionVSAvoidscreen functionality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the screen into multiple functional areas (first screen area for immersive display, second screen area for control functions), allowing both immersion and control accessibility to coexist by assigning different purposes to different screen regions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9952711B2Electronic device and method of processing screen area of electronic device
Publication Date: 2018.04.24 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen configured to display a screen corresponding to a wearable device, onto which the electronic device is mounted, in a first screen area of an entire screen area and to receive an input for controlling the first screen area, in a second screen area, which is different from the first screen area of the entire screen area and a processor configured to determine positions of the first screen area and the second screen area, and to control one or more operations related to the first screen area and the second screen area.