Dynamic Iconic Setting Indicator for Media Player UI
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Solution Overview
Problem
User interfaces for televisions and other devices often require users to navigate through hierarchical menu structures to access setting status information, which is inefficient and occupies significant display screen area.
Innovation Solution
An automated dynamic iconic setting indicator and a minimal and preferential option user interface that provides real-time setting status information using icons, reducing the need for hierarchical navigation and minimizing screen space, with options dynamically populated based on media type and accessible via intuitive key inputs or touchscreen interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If hierarchical menu structures are used to display setting information, then information completeness is improved, but navigation complexity and screen space occupation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The setting information is segmented into individual setting items, each represented by an icon. These icons are displayed separately in a toolbar rather than nested in hierarchical menus, allowing users to access any setting directly without navigating through multiple menu levels while maintaining complete information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
Icons serve as intermediaries between the full setting information and the user interface. Each icon represents a specific setting and can be directly interacted with to access or modify that setting, eliminating the need for hierarchical menu navigation while preserving access to all setting information.
2Loss of information
If hierarchical menu structures are used to display setting information, then information completeness is improved, but user navigation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
All setting information is preliminarily organized into icon representations that are immediately visible in the toolbar. Users can directly access any setting by selecting its corresponding icon without requiring preliminary navigation through menu hierarchies, significantly reducing navigation time while maintaining complete information availability.
3Loss of information
If full-screen overlay menus are used to display all options, then information completeness is improved, but display area for content is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Setting information is segmented into individual icon representations displayed in a compact toolbar format. This segmentation allows all setting information to be accessible without requiring a full-screen overlay, preserving the majority of the content display area while maintaining complete information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The setting information is moved from a two-dimensional full-screen overlay to a one-dimensional toolbar format along the edge of the screen. This dimensional change allows all setting information to be accessible in a compact space that does not significantly reduce the content display area.
Data Source
AI summary
A request to display a portion of a full-screen content overlay options menu of a multiple media player device is detected by the multiple media player device that represents less than all of the full-screen content overlay options menu. A media type of content media currently accessed by the multiple media player device is determined. A current setting status of an available adjustment of the multiple media player device associated with the portion of the full-screen content overlay options menu based upon the determined media type of content media currently accessed by the multiple media player device is determined. A first graphical menu pane of the full-screen content overlay options menu, including the current setting status of the available adjustment, is displayed over full-screen content on a display. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.