Cross-arranged AV Menu Navigation Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of audio/visual systems face difficulties in efficiently and intuitively navigating through numerous AV options, leading to time-consuming and frustrating experiences due to the cumbersome use of four-way directional buttons and selection buttons in on-screen guides.
Innovation Solution
A navigation and selection device with an integral scrolling mechanism and graphical user interface (GUI) that organizes related AV options into lists within a status bar, allowing users to quickly and intuitively navigate and select options by scrolling and selecting using a remote commander, enabling efficient navigation through AV systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If four-way directional buttons and selection buttons are used to navigate AV options, then the system provides a simple control interface, but the navigation becomes time-consuming and frustrating
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cross arrangement where navigation buttons are positioned in a cross pattern rather than traditional four-way directional layout. This dimensional reorganization allows users to access navigation functions more efficiently by leveraging the cross geometry for faster reach and intuitive movement through AV options.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-organizes AV options into hierarchical categories and subcategories, allowing users to quickly navigate to desired programming by selecting broader categories first. This preliminary organization reduces the number of steps needed to find specific content by structuring the navigation path in advance.
2Adaptability or versatility
If numerous AV options are provided to satisfy diverse user needs, then the system becomes more versatile, but the complexity of navigating through options increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments AV options into hierarchical categories and subcategories, organizing numerous options into structured groups. This segmentation reduces navigation complexity by breaking down the overwhelming list into manageable sections, allowing users to systematically browse through categories rather than facing a flat, complex list of all options.
Solution Approach 2:
The cross arrangement of navigation buttons creates a two-dimensional navigation pattern that enables efficient movement through hierarchical categories. Users can traverse the cross pattern to access different category levels, transforming the complexity management into an intuitive spatial navigation experience.
3Productivity
If traditional button layouts are used, then the control device structure remains simple, but user efficiency in selecting options deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent reconfigures the button layout into a cross arrangement that optimizes user interaction efficiency. This dimensional change in button positioning enables faster and more intuitive option selection by leveraging the cross geometry for ergonomic hand movement and rapid access to navigation functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures the cross arrangement button layout and hierarchical category structure to anticipate common user needs. This preliminary configuration enables users to efficiently select options by following predictable navigation patterns rather than searching through complex interfaces.
Data Source
AI summary
A tangible computer readable storage medium storing instructions which when executed on a programmed processor carry out a process for navigation of menu options available to a user of an audio/visual (AV) system has instructions that enter a graphical user interface (GUI) in a menu system that is displayed on a video display; instructions that generate a signal for displaying a first navigable list of menu options on the video display, the first navigable list of menu options having a plurality of fields arranged in a first linear configuration that overlays the AV content currently playing on the video display with one of the menu options shown at a location of the video display that is highlighted; and instructions responsive to a navigation command from a remote controller, that move the first navigable list of menu options of the GUI to cause another field of the plurality of fields to move to the location that is highlighted, and thus highlight the another field while continuing to display the AV content currently playing on the television video display