Dynamic Menu Screen Configuration for Connected Electronic Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in configuring and updating customized settings for electronic devices due to the large number of setting items, requiring extensive time and effort to search and select the required items.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that acquires menu screen configuration information from an electronic device, generates and stores a customized screen configuration based on selected setting items, including advance settings, to simplify the configuration process by allowing users to easily select and manage setting items through a graphical user interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users manually search and select setting items from a large number of available items to configure customized screens, then the configuration can be customized according to user needs, but the time and effort required for configuration increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecustomization capabilityVSAvoidconfiguration time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-configures multiple template screens with commonly used setting item combinations. When a user connects an electronic device, these pre-configured templates are automatically applied, providing immediate customized configuration without requiring users to manually search and select each setting item, thus significantly reducing configuration time while maintaining adaptability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces template screens as intermediary elements between the large number of available setting items and the user's customization needs. These templates act as pre-organized groups of setting items that can be selectively applied, serving as a mediator that simplifies the configuration process while still allowing for customized arrangements based on different electronic devices and user preferences

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If users manually search and select setting items from a large number of available items to update settings, then the settings can be precisely adjusted, but the operational complexity and effort required increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesetting update easeVSAvoidconfiguration process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the large number of setting items into organized template screens, where each template contains a specific group of related setting items. This segmentation allows users to update settings by selecting and applying entire templates rather than searching through individual setting items, significantly reducing operational complexity while maintaining precise adjustment capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Setting item combinations are pre-organized into templates based on common usage scenarios and electronic device types. When users need to update settings, they can directly apply these pre-organized templates, eliminating the need to manually search and select each setting item, thus simplifying the update process while maintaining precision

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If all setting items are displayed on the menu screen, then users have access to all available functions, but the screen becomes cluttered and difficult to navigate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess to all functionsVSAvoidscreen navigability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments setting items into multiple template screens, where each template displays a specific group of related setting items. This segmentation allows all functions to remain accessible while organizing them into manageable groups that are easier to navigate, preventing screen clutter while maintaining complete functionality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The menu screen configuration is made dynamic through the ability to select and apply different templates based on the connected electronic device and user preferences. The displayed setting items adapt to the current context, showing only relevant groups of functions while maintaining access to all functions through template selection, thus improving navigability without sacrificing completeness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11782578B2Information processing device, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium for configuring menu screen configuration of a connected device

Publication Date: 2023.10.10 JVC KENWOOD CORP

AI summary

An information processing device includes an acquiring unit configured to, when an electronic device is connected, acquire a menu screen configuration information which is stored in the electronic device and which includes predetermined setting items; a generating unit configured to change the acquired menu screen configuration information based on at least one setting item selected according to the connected electronic device from among multiple selectable setting items; and a storage controller configured to store the menu screen configuration information, which has been changed by the generating unit, in the electronic device, wherein when at least one advance setting item is selected in advance from among the multiple selectable setting items, the generating unit is further configured to change the acquired menu screen configuration information based on the at least one advance setting item.