Character Airspace Scaling for Text Interference
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for displaying original and translated texts simultaneously on a webpage cause interference, leading to reduced readability and layout disruptions, as they either overlap or require spacing that affects the visibility of other content.
Innovation Solution
The method involves modifying the characters of the original text by scaling down their outer airspaces and deemphasizing interfering portions to minimize footprint and interference, while maintaining legibility and layout integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If original and translated texts are displayed simultaneously with overlapping arrangement, then reader's learning experience is improved through quick reference, but distractive interference between the two texts occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by selectively modifying only the interfering portions of characters (such as ascenders and descenders) while leaving other parts unchanged. This allows the text to maintain overall readability while locally reducing interference in specific areas where translated text overlaps with original text.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs asymmetry by applying different modifications to different parts of the same character. For example, the upper portion of a character may be shaded or hollowed-out to reduce interference, while the lower portion remains unchanged, creating an asymmetric character design that serves the dual purpose of reducing interference and maintaining readability.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If lines of text are spaced apart to create room for translated text, then text is less crowded and more pleasant to look at, but functionality is reduced as other content becomes invisible and information density decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the visual properties of characters (such as shading, hollowing-out, or scaling) to reduce their effective visual footprint. This allows the character dimensions to remain the same for layout purposes, while the modified visual parameters reduce the perceived interference, effectively allowing text to be displayed closer together without increasing crowding.
3Reliability
If modified characters are used to reduce interference, then readability of original text is preserved, but character footprint must not exceed original footprint
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by modifying only the portions of characters that cause interference (such as ascenders and descenders) rather than modifying the entire character. This partial modification reduces the visual footprint in interfering areas while maintaining the original character footprint and readability in non-interfering areas.
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AI summary
Methods and systems of displaying a first string of characters and a second string of characters on an electronic display in a manner to reduce interference between the first and second strings, where a layout of displayed content is preserved, the method including steps of receiving a first string of characters, receiving a second string of characters, identifying a first character in the first string that interferes with a second character in the second string, receiving a modified character corresponding to the first character, rendering the first string and the second string for display, and displaying the first string and the second string on an electronic display. In some embodiments, airspace scaling or deemphasis is used to generate modified characters.