Composite Text Clutter Reduction via Truncation and Embedding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing rendering engines display two texts as separate entities, leading to eye fatigue due to character clutter and the need for prolonged eye shifts between them, complicating reading ease.
Innovation Solution
A method and rendering engine that truncates one text to create space for embedding the other, using discriminatory character strokes and varying font sizes and colors to reduce clutter, allowing both texts to be displayed in a single line without obscuring each other.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If two texts are displayed as separate entities, then each text maintains full legibility, but eye fatigue increases due to prolonged eye shifts between them
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines two separate texts (foreign language text and translation) into a single composite text line by embedding one text within the other. The foreign text characters are positioned within the vertical space of the translation text, creating an integrated display that eliminates the need for eye shifts between separate text blocks while maintaining readability of both languages simultaneously
2Ease of operation
If two texts are embedded in a single line, then eye shifts are minimized, but character clutter increases and complicates reading ease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different visual properties to different parts of the composite text to reduce clutter. The foreign text and translation text are distinguished through variations in font style, size, color, or weight, allowing readers to differentiate between the two languages within the same line without confusion. This local differentiation maintains reading ease while enabling single-line display
Solution Approach 2:
The composite text is segmented into distinct character regions where foreign text characters are embedded within specific vertical zones of the translation text. This segmentation creates clear visual boundaries between the two texts, preventing character clutter while maintaining the integrated single-line layout that reduces eye fatigue
Data Source
AI summary
A rendering engine and method for reducing character clutter in display of composite text formed from a first text string and a second text in a single viewing field. The composite text having foreign language text and truncated translation characters of the foreign language in which the foreign language text is embedded in area vacated by truncation of translation character strokes to enable readers to identify translation text based on remaining distinguishing character strokes with reduction of eye shift between the two text strings.