Display Control Apparatus for Dynamic Layout Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

In systems with high layout flexibility, there is a need to automatically optimize and flexibly set the locations and sizes of objects with various forms for display.

Innovation Solution

A display control apparatus and method that determines the display form of additional items based on information about the item to be added and already displayed items, issuing display control information to optimize their placement on the screen.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If automatic optimization is implemented for displaying objects of various forms, then layout flexibility and adaptability are improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelayout flexibilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the display optimization problem into distinct functional units: a display form determination unit that analyzes object characteristics and existing layout, and an issuance unit that generates control information. This segmentation allows complex optimization to be handled through modular, manageable components rather than a monolithic system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The display form determination unit performs preliminary analysis of object attributes and existing display configurations before generating layout decisions. By pre-determining display forms based on object characteristics and current layout state, the system avoids complex real-time calculations during display updates, reducing operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If manual layout adjustment is replaced with automatic optimization, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision of layout control may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of layout adjustmentVSAvoidlayout control precision

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the display form determination unit continuously monitors existing display configurations and object attributes, adjusting layout decisions based on accumulated information. This feedback loop enables automatic optimization to learn from previous layouts, improving precision over time while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts display parameters such as position, size, and arrangement based on object attributes and layout constraints. By changing parameters systematically according to determined display forms, the system achieves precise control automatically, matching or exceeding manual adjustment precision without requiring user intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10444942B2Display control apparatus and display control method to optimize and display objects of various forms

Publication Date: 2019.10.15 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

A display control apparatus including a display form determination unit configured to determine a display form of an additional display item which is to be additionally displayed on a screen according to a display item addition request, on the basis of first information about the additional display item, and second information about an already displayed item which has already been displayed on the screen before the additional display item is displayed and an issuance unit configured to issue display control information for controlling display of the screen on the basis of the display form of the additional display item determined by the display form determination unit.