Adaptive User Interface Menu Elements by Selection Frequency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Navigating user interfaces on consumer electronics devices can be overwhelming and cumbersome for both novice and experienced users due to the hierarchical structure of 'stacked in time' formats, leading to confusion and inefficiency in selecting desired items or functions.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an 'adjacent in space' user interface where all UI elements are presented on a single screen with differing visual characteristics such as color, size, and orientation based on their frequency of selection, to distinguish and organize elements in a visually organized and manageable manner, thereby reducing the risk of accidental selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple menu items are presented on a single user interface screen, then navigation efficiency is improved and time consumption is reduced, but the interface becomes cluttered and complex making element selection difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different visual characteristics (size, color, orientation) to different menu elements based on their selection frequency. Frequently selected elements are displayed with prominent characteristics (larger size, brighter color, horizontal orientation) while less frequently selected elements use subdued characteristics, creating a visually differentiated interface that maintains organization despite displaying multiple items simultaneously.
2Measurement precision
If menu items are differentiated by visual characteristics such as size and color, then element distinction is improved and selection accuracy is enhanced, but the interface design complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the visual characteristics of menu elements adaptive rather than static. The size, color, and orientation of elements automatically adjust based on real-time or accumulated selection frequency data. This dynamic adaptation allows the interface to optimize itself for each user's behavior patterns without requiring manual configuration or complex fixed design structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface applies self-service by automatically differentiating elements based on their own selection frequency metrics. The system monitors which elements are selected most often and autonomously adjusts their visual prominence without external intervention. This self-organizing capability reduces the need for manual interface design adjustments and allows the interface to adapt to changing user preferences over time.
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AI summary
A consumer electronics device has a video display, a processor controlling the display, and a computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor. The storage medium bears instructions executable by the processor to cause a user interface (UI) to appear on the display, where the UI includes plural alpha-numeric elements. Further, each element includes plural alpha-numeric characters arranged in a row. Even further, each element is characterized by a color, a row orientation, and a size, where at least the size is established at least in part by a frequency of selection of an element. Thus, at least a first element has a first color, first size, and first row orientation and at least a second element has a second color, second size, and second row orientation respectively different from the first color, first size, and first row orientation.