Dynamic Audio Output Blending for Uninterrupted GUI Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices provide audiovisual feedback in inefficient and frustrating ways, often requiring users to interrupt current audio, perform additional inputs, and waste energy, leading to user dissatisfaction and increased processing power consumption.
Innovation Solution
Electronic devices dynamically adjust audio properties based on user inputs, allowing seamless blending of audio outputs and reducing the need for abrupt transitions, thereby conserving power and minimizing unnecessary inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional devices provide audiovisual feedback by interrupting current audio and switching to new audio, then users can receive new information, but users experience distraction and loss of focus requiring them to re-play portions of audio
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts audio properties (volume, panning, equalization) of both current and new audio outputs in real-time based on user interaction state, enabling seamless transitions without abrupt interruptions. This dynamic adjustment allows the current audio to gradually recede while new audio emerges, maintaining audio continuity and preventing user distraction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes multiple audio parameters simultaneously including volume levels, spatial positioning (panning), and frequency response (equalization) to create distinct audio states for different interaction modes. By adjusting these parameters dynamically, the system enables smooth audio transitions that preserve information continuity while reducing user frustration.
2Ease of operation
If conventional devices require additional user inputs to revert back to original audio, then users can control audio playback, but processing power and energy are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages audio transitions based on detected user interactions with the display, eliminating the need for additional user inputs to revert to original audio. The audio system self-adjusts by detecting touch inputs and automatically transitioning between audio states, reducing processing requirements while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where user touch inputs on the display directly control audio state transitions. The audio system continuously monitors user interactions and automatically adjusts audio output accordingly, creating an efficient closed-loop control system that reduces unnecessary processing and energy consumption.
3Reliability
If conventional devices provide predetermined audio feedback that does not change, then users receive consistent feedback, but users become annoyed and disable audio effects
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts audio feedback characteristics based on the specific user interaction context, such as typing speed, gesture type, or interface state. Rather than providing static predetermined feedback, the audio response evolves with user behavior, maintaining reliability through consistent interaction patterns while improving satisfaction through contextual appropriateness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent varies audio feedback parameters including tone, duration, volume, and timing based on the nature of user interactions. By adjusting these parameters dynamically, the system provides consistent and reliable feedback while adapting to different interaction scenarios, preventing user annoyance and disabling of audio effects.
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AI summary
An electronic device detects a first input directed to a first affordance in a set of one or more affordances displayed on a display. In response to detecting the first input, the electronic device initiates presentation of a first audio output having a first audio profile. The electronic device later detects a second input directed to a second affordance in the set. In response to detecting the second input and if audio alteration criteria are satisfied, the electronic device causes: (i) presentation of altered first audio output having an altered audio profile and (ii) presentation of a second audio output having a second audio profile. In response to detecting the second input and if the audio alteration criteria are not satisfied, the electronic device causes: (i) continued presentation of the first audio output and (ii) presentation of a third audio output having a third audio profile.