Display Screen Mapping Region for Intuitive Pointer Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image display devices require complex user operations due to limitations in their input units, necessitating an improved user interface for enhanced convenience, especially with the advent of digital broadcasting and diverse multimedia services.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a user interface setting method that includes receiving a user interface setting signal, displaying a list of execution menu items, designating a mapping region on the display screen, and storing user interface settings based on user input, allowing for intuitive control using a pointer to map functions to specific regions of the screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional input units are used in image display devices, then device structure remains simple, but user operation complexity increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the display screen itself as an input interface, transforming the traditional 1D remote control operation into 2D spatial interaction. Users can directly interact with menu items displayed on the screen by touching or pointing at specific locations, converting linear navigation into spatial selection across the display area.
Solution Approach 2:
The display screen serves dual functions as both output device and input device. The screen displays information and simultaneously receives user input through touch or pointing gestures, eliminating the need for separate dedicated input controls and enabling the device to serve itself for both information presentation and user interaction.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications and functions are added to image display devices, then service diversity increases, but user interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal input method that works across all applications and functions. The same display-based interaction mechanism handles different menu types, application selections, and function activations uniformly, providing a single versatile interface paradigm that adapts to diverse services without requiring separate control schemes for each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface is segmented into functional regions on the display screen, with specific areas designated for different types of interactions. Menu items, selection targets, and control elements are spatially segmented and mapped to specific display regions, allowing users to navigate complex functionality through organized spatial zones rather than hierarchical menus.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are an image display device capable of improving user convenience and a method of operating the same. The method includes displaying a first list including execution menu items of available applications and functions of the image display device, displaying a predetermined region of a display screen as a mapping region of the execution menu items included in the first list, receiving a mapping signal for mapping the execution menu items included in the first list to the mapping region, and storing user interface setting information based on the received mapping signal. Accordingly, it is possible to retrieve various menus simply moving a pointer and readily and conveniently perform a desired operation in the image display device.