Electronic Device Moving Picture Content Playback Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile electronic devices often render other functions inaccessible when providing moving picture content services, limiting user interaction and functionality.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a processor unit, memory, audio processing, camera, sensing, input/output control, and display units that generate and control moving picture content based on user input schemes, such as touch inputs, voice commands, and device movements, allowing users to select playback schemes and control video/moving picture content playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the mobile electronic device provides moving picture content services, then the multimedia service quality is improved, but other device functions become inaccessible
Solution Approach 1:
The device screen is divided into multiple independent display regions: a first screen region dedicated to moving picture content playback and a second screen region for displaying icons representing other device functions. This segmentation allows users to access both multimedia services and other functions simultaneously without interference, resolving the contradiction between immersive content viewing and functionality accessibility.
2Illumination intensity
If the device displays moving picture content fullscreen, then the viewing quality is improved, but user interaction with other functions is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using a single fullscreen display that blocks interaction, the patent introduces a spatial dimension by creating multiple coexisting display regions. The first screen region displays moving picture content while the second screen region provides access to other functions, transforming the problem from a 2D fullscreen conflict into a multi-region spatial arrangement that accommodates both needs simultaneously.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the device provides comprehensive functionality, then the versatility is improved, but the complexity of operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism: icons displayed in the second screen region that serve as access points to various device functions. These icons act as mediators between the user and the comprehensive functionality, allowing users to access diverse features without being overwhelmed by complexity. The icons provide a simplified, intuitive interface that masks the underlying system complexity while maintaining full functionality access.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for playing contents in an electronic device. The method comprises displaying a reference image of a content, detecting an input, determining a playback scheme of the content corresponding to the input, and playing the content on the basis of the playback scheme corresponding to the input.