Display Device Over-Scan Correction via Automatic Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
When a computer system drives a television supporting television-type timings, display images are often partially cut off due to over-scanning, making it difficult for users to access and adjust the necessary user interface to correct this issue, degrading the viewing experience.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that automatically displays a user interface for adjusting the viewing experience, allowing users to adjust display settings, such as timing, via remote control, to prevent image cutting off by inserting or removing pixels along the image borders, thereby optimizing the display on the device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If television-type timings with over-scan are used to drive a television display, then the display is compatible with standard television environments, but the peripheral information including operating system interface controls is cut off and inaccessible
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of over-scan conditions when the display device is initialized or when timing parameters are set. It proactively presents the user interface for adjustment before the user encounters the problem of inaccessible controls, allowing preventive correction rather than reactive troubleshooting.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects the over-scan condition and presents the appropriate user interface controls without requiring user knowledge of display timing parameters. The system serves itself by identifying the problem and providing the specific controls needed to resolve it, making the complexity of display timing adjustments transparent to the user.
2Productivity
If operating system interface controls are positioned at the periphery of the display image, then the interface layout is optimized for standard display configurations, but the controls become inaccessible when over-scan cuts off the image edges
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors the display output to detect when peripheral controls are cut off by over-scan. When such a condition is detected, the system provides feedback by presenting a specialized user interface that allows adjustment of the timing parameters, enabling the user to reposition controls within the visible area.
Solution Approach 2:
The system makes the display timing parameters dynamic and adjustable through the presented user interface. Instead of fixed timing parameters, the system allows real-time adjustment of horizontal and vertical timing values, enabling the controls to be dynamically repositioned within the visible display area while maintaining optimal interface layout.
3Ease of operation
If display timing parameters are manually adjusted to correct over-scan, then the interface accessibility is improved, but the complexity of identifying and accessing the necessary user interface increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the essential timing adjustment controls from the complex operating system display settings and presents them in a simplified, dedicated user interface. This extracted interface contains only the necessary controls for adjusting horizontal and vertical timing parameters, eliminating the complexity of navigating through multiple operating system menus and settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary user interface that mediates between the user and the complex display timing parameters. This intermediary interface translates user-friendly adjustments into the appropriate timing parameter changes, shielding the user from the complexity of raw timing values while still achieving the desired correction of over-scan conditions.
4Productivity
If the user interface for adjusting display parameters is not automatically presented, then the system operates without unnecessary prompts, but users cannot easily identify or access the controls needed to correct over-scan issues
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of over-scan conditions during display device initialization or timing parameter changes. When over-scan is detected, the system proactively presents the user interface for correction before the user encounters the problem of inaccessible controls, maintaining system efficiency while enabling easy user correction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects and responds to over-scan conditions by presenting the appropriate user interface controls without requiring user initiation. This self-service approach maintains system efficiency by only presenting controls when needed, while simultaneously improving ease of operation by making the correction interface automatically accessible when problems are detected.
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AI summary
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for adjusting a viewing experience associated with a display device. During use, a user interface capable of being used for adjusting the viewing experience associated with the display device is automatically displayed, in response to an event that potentially affects the viewing experience associated with the display device.