Display Menu Navigation Using Dynamic Focus Prompts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Display apparatuses with numerous functions and controls result in limited control areas, leading to unclear functionality and poor user experience due to the inability to clearly understand the functions of each control.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus with a controller that reads a first position and generates a second position for presenting prompt information, utilizing a tree-like structure for menu lists and handling controls with identifiers to improve user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functions and controls are added to the display apparatus, then the functionality and versatility are improved, but the control area becomes limited and the clarity of each control function deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces prompt information as an intermediary element between the control and the user. This prompt information dynamically appears to explain the function of the control currently in focus, mediating the communication between the user and the control interface. This allows multiple controls to be packed into limited space while maintaining clarity through on-demand functional explanation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more controls are arranged in the menu list, then the versatility is improved, but the area available for each control decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the time dimension by implementing dynamic prompt information that appears and disappears based on user interaction. Instead of trying to display all control functions simultaneously (spatial approach), the system provides functional information sequentially through prompts, allowing more controls to be arranged in the limited spatial area while maintaining functional clarity through temporal presentation.
3Ease of operation
If prompt information is displayed for each control, then the user experience is improved, but the data processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements partial action by only displaying prompt information for the control that is currently in focus, rather than displaying information for all controls simultaneously. This selective approach significantly reduces the data processing load while still providing comprehensive information to the user when needed, as the system only needs to manage and update prompt information for one control at a time.
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AI summary
A display apparatus in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes a display and a controller, where the controller is configured to: read a first position in response to a command for moving a focus frame, where the first position indicates a position of a control where the focus frame is about to move towards; generate a second position based on information of the first position; and control the display to present prompt information of a first control at the second position, where the first control is the control where the focus frame is about to move towards.