Dynamic Video Background for Simultaneous Application Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
In mobile terminals, limited computing and network capabilities restrict video display to the front window, preventing other applications from being displayed simultaneously, thereby underutilizing the screen.
Innovation Solution
A method and terminal implementation that creates a video decoder and displaying window, along with a UI operation controller and window, allowing a video to be displayed as a background for other applications, enabling simultaneous display of video and non-video applications with transparent UI operation windows.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If video is displayed in the front window occupying the entire screen, then video display quality is improved, but other applications cannot be displayed simultaneously, reducing screen utilization
Solution Approach 1:
The screen is segmented into multiple display regions: a video display window and a UI operation window. The video window can occupy a portion of the screen while the UI window occupies another portion, allowing both video content and application interfaces to be displayed simultaneously without interfering with each other.
Solution Approach 2:
The UI operation window is nested within or overlaid on the video display window. The transparent UI window allows the video content to remain visible in the background while providing access to application controls and interfaces, creating a nested display structure that maximizes screen utilization.
2Area of stationary object
If the window occupies most or the entire screen, then video display area is improved, but other applications will not be displayed at the same time, reducing screen utilization
Solution Approach 1:
The screen space is divided into distinct segments: the video display window occupies a defined area while the UI operation window occupies another area. This segmentation allows both windows to coexist on the screen simultaneously, with each serving its specific function without completely dominating the display area.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution adds a dimensional layer by introducing transparency to the UI operation window. This allows the UI window to exist in a semi-transparent overlay dimension, permitting the video content to remain visible beneath it, thereby expanding the effective display capacity beyond traditional single-layer windowing.
3Ease of manufacture
If a static image is taken as the background, then implementation is simple, but the background form is monotonous
Solution Approach 1:
The background is transformed from a static image to a dynamic video stream. The video content in the video display window provides a moving, changing background that enhances visual interest and user engagement while maintaining the same windowing and overlay mechanisms, thus preserving implementation simplicity while dramatically improving background variety.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a method and terminal for displaying an application. According to an example, in the method, a terminal creates a user interface (UI) operation controller and an UI operation window for an application when receiving an operation command from a user for the application, wherein when a video displaying command for a video application is received, the created UI operation controller is a video decoder, the created UI operation window is a video displaying window and the video displaying window is displayed in a designated area in a UI provided by the terminal, when the UI operation window for another application is received, the entire UI operation window covers the entire designated area and has a same size with the designated area, or the entire UI operation window is within the designated area. The terminal configures an attribute of the UI operation window with transparency and semi-transparency, and configures the UI operation window on the video displaying window when both the video displaying window and the UI operation window are displayed in the UI. According to the technical solution of the present disclosure, utilization of a screen in the terminal is improved.