Display Device Overlay Configuration via Companion App
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display devices lack the ability to efficiently configure and customize navigation bars and overlay elements, limiting user experience and feature accessibility, especially in smart TV systems where users desire a balance between simplicity and rich customization options.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow a control device to configure display devices to receive and implement changes for navigation bars and overlay elements, enabling the addition of new features and modifications, which are presented as overlays to image content, using a companion application for enhanced user interface management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If navigation bar and overlay element configuration options are made accessible to users, then user experience and feature customization are improved, but device complexity and settings management difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
A companion application serves as an intermediary between the user and the display device configuration system. The companion app provides a simplified interface for selecting and applying navigation bar and overlay element configurations, while the display device handles the actual configuration changes. This mediator approach allows users to customize without directly managing complex device settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The display device automatically applies configuration changes received from the companion application without requiring manual intervention in the device settings. The system self-manages the complexity of applying multiple configuration parameters, updating navigation bars and overlay elements automatically based on selections made through the companion app.
2Adaptability or versatility
If previously inaccessible features are made accessible through configuration changes, then feature availability and user experience are improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to increased configuration complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The companion application acts as an intermediary that bridges users and previously inaccessible device features. Instead of users directly navigating complex device menus to access locked features, the companion app provides a simplified selection interface that translates user choices into appropriate configuration changes, making previously inaccessible features easily operable.
Solution Approach 2:
Configuration templates and pre-defined settings are provided through the companion application, allowing users to apply complete navigation bar and overlay element configurations with a single selection. This preliminary preparation of configuration options eliminates the need for users to manually configure multiple parameters, making feature access simple despite the complexity of the underlying system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If navigation bar presentation is customized with overlays, then user interface flexibility is improved, but display content clarity and image quality deteriorate due to overlay interference
Solution Approach 1:
The navigation bar and overlay elements are designed to be dynamic, allowing users to adjust their visibility, position, and styling characteristics. Users can control when overlays appear (e.g., only during navigation actions) and how they are presented (e.g., transparency levels, size), enabling flexibility while maintaining display content clarity during normal viewing.
Solution Approach 2:
Overlay elements are configured to affect only specific portions of the display when needed, rather than permanently obscuring the entire screen. The navigation bar can be positioned at edges or corners, and overlay elements can be made semi-transparent or temporarily visible only during interaction, preserving overall display content clarity while providing necessary interface functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to electronic devices, processes and systems for configuration of a display device. In one embodiment, a method for configuring operation of a display device includes receiving a configuration change from a control device, wherein the configuration change includes one or more changes for presentation of a overlay element for the display device and configuring settings for presentation of a overlay element, wherein the configuration change corresponds to a release of one or more features previously included and inaccessible to settings for presentation of the overlay element by the display device. The method also includes presenting an overlay element based on the configuring, wherein the overlay element is presented by the display device as an overlay to displayed image content. Overlay elements can include a navigation bar, an animation, a poster display, sticker display, and an application home screen.