Automatic Content Formatting for Large Display Readability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital documents not formatted for presentation can be difficult to read and poorly organized when shared on large displays, as they lack the necessary formatting for effective viewing.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automatically formatting content items for presentation by generating a tree structure representing relationships among content portions, determining which portions to include or highlight, and applying styles based on characteristics and metadata, to dynamically generate presentation slides that fit within a display area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If digital documents are shared on large displays without presentation formatting, then the sharing process is simple and quick, but the content is difficult to read and poorly organized
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the digital document into a tree structure with nodes representing different content portions (headers, sections, paragraphs, images). This segmentation allows selective formatting and organization of content portions for optimal presentation on large displays while maintaining the simplicity of sharing the entire document.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically generates presentation formatting based on the display area characteristics and content relationships. The tree structure enables flexible reorganization and adaptation of content layout according to the specific display context, transforming static document formatting into dynamic presentation formatting.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If digital documents are manually formatted for presentation, then readability and organization improve, but user time and effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic formatting without requiring user intervention. The tree structure generation and presentation formatting are executed autonomously by the system, analyzing content relationships and applying appropriate formatting rules to produce readable, well-organized presentations automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of the document structure to generate the tree representation before applying presentation formatting. This preliminary structuring enables efficient automatic formatting by pre-identifying content relationships and hierarchy, reducing the time required for the actual formatting process.
3Loss of information
If all content portions are included in presentation views, then complete information is provided, but the display area becomes overloaded and content is harder to read
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different formatting and presentation qualities to different content portions based on their importance and relationships. The tree structure enables identification of key content nodes that should be highlighted or emphasized, while less important portions are formatted differently, creating local variations in quality that improve overall readability while preserving information completeness.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for automatically formatting content items for presentation. For example, in response to receiving an invocation of a presentation mode for a content item, a computing device can generate a tree structure representing the structure of the content item. The computing device can generate a presentation version of the content item based on a presentation template that defines the presentation formatting for the content item. The computing device can traverse the tree and determine a portion of the presentation version of the content item to present based on the amount of content that can fit within a display size of a display device. In some implementations, the computing device can determine portions of content to suppress and/or highlight based on various characteristics, metadata, comments, links, etc., corresponding to the portions of content in the content item.