Dynamic Control Display for Multimedia Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing use of smart User Equipment (UE) for watching video and audio programs leads to cluttered user interfaces with controls, negatively impacting the display of content and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method for displaying a second control on the interface of a multimedia information application in response to a first operation on a first control, with the option to hide the second control upon detecting a hiding trigger event, thereby optimizing the display region for other content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If controls are arranged on the user interface for multimedia playback, then the multimedia application can be controlled to execute functions, but the display region for content is reduced and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic control display where the second control is displayed only when needed (in response to detecting a first operation on the first control) and hidden when not needed (in response to detecting a hiding trigger event). This dynamic behavior allows the interface to adapt between showing controls for functionality and hiding them to maximize display region, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and display area.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a second control is displayed on the interface to provide diverse functions, then the multimedia application becomes more versatile, but the interface becomes cluttered and interferes with content display
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the second control from the permanent interface structure and makes it appear only temporarily when triggered by user interaction with the first control. This extraction principle allows the diverse function to be available when needed while keeping the interface simple and uncluttered during normal content display, resolving the contradiction between versatility and interface complexity.
3Ease of operation
If controls are permanently displayed on the interface, then user access to controls is convenient, but the display region for multimedia content is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic display mechanism where the second control appears on demand in response to user interaction with the first control and disappears when a hiding trigger event occurs. This dynamic approach maintains ease of operation when controls are needed while maximizing the display region during content playback, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and display area.
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AI summary
When a first operation on a first control on an interface of a multimedia information application is detected, a second control is displayed on the interface (S11). When a hiding trigger event is detected, the second control on the interface is hidden (S12).