MY ROLE

User Researcher / UX Planner

collaborate with industrial designers and marketing specialists to create design proposals and behavior specs

Compal Inc. co-working with 2 user researchers

THE APPROACH

In this project, we conducted a contextual inquiry with mobile workers to find their key activities and reveal the needs of mobile productivity. There followed a series of data analyses on their needs and the postures while doing productivity.

THE DISCOVERY

We identified two major perspectives in the hardware design,

1. the layout of input methods: finger area (top of the keyboard) could be useful while putting the laptop on the lap.
2. the space for communication: twisted or detachable screens fit one on one presentation. 

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THE IMPACT

US Patent: Electronic apparatus and operating method of electronic apparatus

US 2016/0349989 A1

An electronic apparatus and an operating method of the electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a base, a touch pad and a processing unit. The base is coupled to the display unit. The touch pad is disposed on the base, includes touch areas and receives a touch action performed by the user on any touch area. The processing unit is coupled to the touch pad and sets a display frame of the display unit into display areas according to a position of each touch area, so that each touch area has the corresponding display area at a corresponding position on the display unit. After the touch pad received a first touch event, the processing unit obtains a first touch area where the first touch event is generated, and displays a first user interface in a first display area corresponding to the first touch area.