Content List Display with Visual Mood Thumbnails
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulty in finding desired content among numerous options due to the rapid increase in available multimedia content, making it hard to search and identify relevant items, especially in categories like mood where text descriptions are insufficient.
Innovation Solution
A method and display apparatus that display thumbnail or representative images corresponding to content items within specific categories, such as mood, along with text titles, allowing users to easily identify item representations and provide content recommendations upon selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the number of contents stored in a single device is increased, then the content library becomes more comprehensive, but it becomes difficult for users to find desired content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the large content library into multiple categories (e.g., movie, music, game, photo) and further divides categories into items (e.g., action, comedy, romance). Each category and item is represented by a thumbnail image, creating a hierarchical structure that breaks down the overwhelming number of contents into manageable, visually organized groups.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces thumbnail images as intermediary visual representations between the user and the actual content items. These thumbnails serve as mediators that provide quick visual identification of content mood and type, allowing users to navigate the large content library without needing to read through text descriptions of every item.
2Loss of information
If text descriptions are used to represent content items, then information is provided, but users cannot quickly identify the mood or genre of contents
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses visual characteristics of thumbnail images (color, composition, imagery) to represent different moods and genres of content. Different moods such as exciting, happy, sad, and thrilled are conveyed through distinct visual patterns in the thumbnails, allowing users to quickly identify content atmosphere without reading text descriptions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from one-dimensional text-based content representation to two-dimensional visual thumbnail representations. This dimensional change allows users to process content information more rapidly through visual perception, enabling quick identification of mood and genre at a glance rather than requiring time-consuming text reading.
3Loss of information
If detailed content information is displayed, then users have complete information, but the interface becomes complex and hard to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the information display into a hierarchical structure with categories at the top level, items as sub-categories, and content lists at the bottom level. This segmentation allows the interface to present detailed information in a structured, step-by-step manner rather than overwhelming users with all information simultaneously, maintaining simplicity while preserving information completeness.
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AI summary
A method for providing a list of contents and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. The method displays images corresponding to a plurality of items included in a specific category of contents. If one of the displayed images is selected, a list of contents included in the item corresponding to the selected image is displayed. Accordingly, a user can easily identify what the item represents by viewing the image corresponding to the item.