AVDD GUI with Numeral-Based Voice Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for audio video display devices (AVDDs) like TVs are not adequately tailored for user input methods other than remote control (RC) usage, necessitating more convenient interfaces for different input forms.
Innovation Solution
An AVDD with a processor and storage medium that presents a first GUI with content panels, allowing viewer selection to trigger a search GUI with information, and responsive to scroll commands, new content panels are displayed while maintaining records of previous GUIs, enabling seamless navigation and review of search results through gesture or voice commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional GUI with content panels is used for browsing video content, then the interface is simple and easy to understand, but it is not conveniently tailored for input methods other than remote control (such as gesture or voice commands)
Solution Approach 1:
The GUI dynamically adapts its behavior based on the detected input method. When gesture commands are detected, the system enables scroll commands to navigate content panels. When voice commands are detected, the system interprets spoken instructions for content selection and search. This dynamic adaptation allows the same interface structure to serve multiple input methods effectively.
Solution Approach 2:
The GUI is designed with universal functionality to handle multiple input methods through a unified interface structure. The same content panels and navigation elements respond to both traditional remote control inputs and alternative inputs like gestures and voice commands, eliminating the need for separate interfaces for different input methods.
2Productivity
If scroll commands are enabled to navigate through extensive content lists, then browsing efficiency is improved, but the interface becomes more complex and harder to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects the user's intent and executes appropriate navigation actions. When a user performs a scrolling gesture or issues a voice command, the system self-adjusts the displayed content without requiring the user to manually navigate through each item, thereby improving browsing efficiency while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The GUI provides visual feedback during scrolling operations to help users understand their current position and the content being displayed. This feedback mechanism allows users to efficiently browse extensive content lists while maintaining operational simplicity, as they can see the results of their scrolling actions in real-time.
3Loss of information
If multiple search results are displayed simultaneously, then information availability is improved, but the interface becomes cluttered and harder to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple search results are segmented into distinct content panels arranged in an organized layout. Each panel represents a separate search result with its own visual identifier, allowing users to view multiple results simultaneously while maintaining clear visual separation. This segmentation prevents interface clutter while preserving information availability.
4Ease of operation
If the interface maintains records of previous GUI states for navigation, then usability is improved through easy review of search results, but memory usage and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of maintaining complete records of all previous GUI states in memory, the system creates simplified copies or representations of the navigation history. These copies contain only the essential information needed for navigation (such as the current content panel and recent search queries), enabling easy review of search results while minimizing memory consumption.
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AI summary
An audio video display device (AVDD) is provided. The AVDD includes at least one processor, a display configured for presenting demanded images, and a computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to present on the display a graphical user interface (GUI) including plural content panels, receive and execute voice commands to operate navigation features associated with at least the GUI. A numeral is provided next to each content panel so that a respective content panel can be selected by a voice command including a respective numeral associated with the respective content panel.