Dynamic Content Display Sizing Based on Importance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display methods for multiple content items, such as images and videos, do not efficiently facilitate user browsing and content recognition, particularly in limited display spaces.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that calculates the importance of each content item based on various parameters and adjusts display conditions, including size, to arrange and display content in a manner that prioritizes visibility and accessibility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If uniform display size is used for all content items, then layout simplicity is maintained, but content recognition efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelayout simplicityVSAvoidcontent recognition efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different display sizes to different content items based on their importance levels. High-importance content is displayed in larger sizes while low-importance content uses smaller sizes, allowing the system to maintain overall layout simplicity while improving content recognition efficiency through localized size variations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Manufacturing precision

If larger display size is assigned to high importance content, then content recognition efficiency is improved, but display space utilization deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent recognition efficiencyVSAvoiddisplay space utilization
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the display size parameter dynamically based on the importance level of each content item. By adjusting this parameter according to content priority rather than using a fixed size, the system improves content recognition efficiency while optimizing display space utilization through adaptive sizing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If multiple display conditions are set based on importance, then browsing efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebrowsing efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary action by pre-calculating importance levels for content items and pre-setting appropriate display conditions before actual display. This advance preparation enables efficient browsing when users view content, while the complexity of multiple display conditions is managed through automated preliminary processing rather than real-time complex decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9940693B2Information processing for display of content based on importance level
Publication Date: 2018.04.10 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

A system includes a content obtaining circuit configured to obtain a plurality of content and information related to the content from at least one of a plurality of sources, an importance obtaining circuit configured to obtain an importance level for each content, and a display control circuit configured to generate data to control a display of an image corresponding to each of the plurality of content. The importance level is based on the information related to the content. The display control circuit determines a size of each image on a display screen based on the importance level for each content.