Display Apparatus Prioritizing Schedule Cells for Small Screens
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional technologies fail to efficiently display program information on small-sized screens like portable telephones, which have limited display areas, and simultaneously allow users to browse distributed information such as electronic mail without interrupting the program table viewing experience.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus that prioritizes cells in a schedule table, displaying high-priority program information prominently and overlaying communication information like electronic mail on low-priority cells, allowing users to browse both types of information simultaneously on a small screen without cumbersome operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If program information is displayed in a comprehensive table format on a small screen, then all program details are visible, but the screen becomes cluttered and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The program table is segmented into multiple pages, with each page displaying a specific time period (e.g., morning, afternoon, evening programs). Users can navigate between pages to view different time slots, thereby displaying comprehensive program information without cluttering the limited screen space with all data simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a temporal dimension to the display by organizing programs into time-based pages. Instead of displaying all programs in a single crowded view, the information is distributed across multiple time-period pages, allowing comprehensive coverage while maintaining a clean, navigable interface.
2Ease of operation
If the screen displays only essential program information, then navigation is simplified, but detailed program details are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The program information is segmented into hierarchical levels: summary views showing essential information for quick navigation, and detailed views showing complete program details. Users can drill down from summary to detail as needed, maintaining simple navigation at the overview level while preserving access to complete information when required.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested display structure where summary information is contained within page views, and detailed information is nested within program entries. Users can access detailed program information by selecting from the summary view, effectively nesting detail within overview without requiring all details to be visible simultaneously.
3Loss of information
If communication information is displayed separately from the program table, then both can be viewed, but users must switch between modes and lose their place in the program table
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the communication information display with the program table display by overlaying communication notifications directly onto the program table interface. This integration allows users to view and handle communication information without leaving the program table context, eliminating mode switching and preserving their browsing position.
Solution Approach 2:
Communication information is displayed in an overlay dimension on top of the program table rather than in a separate mode. This layered approach allows both program information and communication information to coexist on the same screen without requiring users to switch between different display modes or lose their place in the program table.
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AI summary
Provided is a display apparatus by which a user can immediately browse necessary information in a large schedule table, and can browse also distributed information such as electronic mail at the same time, without being prevented from browsing the schedule table. The display apparatus includes: a display priority decision unit which decides a priority regarding displaying for each cell included in the schedule table; a time table display unit which decides a row and a column which include a high-priority cell, among rows and columns in the schedule table, and creates and displays a displayed part of the table which includes a part having the high-priority cell in the decided row and column; an information receiving unit which obtains communication information via a communication network; and an information notice place decision unit which displays the obtained communication information on a low-priority cell among cells in the displayed part of the table.