GUI Container Crossfade Transitions for Lag Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Designing and implementing smooth transitions between graphical elements on graphical user interfaces is difficult and resource-intensive, often resulting in laggy experiences on low-end hardware due to high rendering requirements.
Innovation Solution
A method that applies a condensed transition using a crossfade effect to fade out one child element while fading in another within a container, reducing the number of frames needed and eliminating the need for interpolation, thereby improving performance and maintaining a visually similar direct transition experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional smooth transitions with multiple frames and interpolation are used, then visual quality and ease of user experience are improved, but computational resources increase and frame rates decrease causing lag on low-end hardware
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the computationally expensive interpolation step from the transition process. Instead of generating multiple intermediate frames through interpolation, the system directly transitions between key frames, eliminating unnecessary computational overhead while preserving the essential visual transformation.
Solution Approach 2:
The transition is segmented into discrete key frames rather than continuous interpolation. The system identifies important state changes and represents them as separate key frames, then transitions between them directly. This segmentation reduces the total number of frames that need to be rendered while maintaining the semantic meaning of the transition.
2Manufacturing precision
If traditional smooth transitions with interpolation are used, then visual quality is improved, but computational power usage increases making it unsuitable for mobile devices with limited resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses simple, computationally inexpensive transition frames instead of complex interpolated sequences. These simplified transition frames consume far less computational power and energy, making them suitable for mobile devices with limited resources while still providing acceptable visual quality for the transition effect.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies partial action by using only the necessary key frames for the transition without generating excessive intermediate frames. This selective approach provides just enough visual information to convey the transition semantics while avoiding the computational burden of generating and rendering every possible intermediate frame.
3Ease of operation
If traditional transitions are designed to be smooth and semantic, then ease of user experience is improved, but design and implementation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-defining key frames that represent important transition states. These key frames are prepared in advance and stored, eliminating the need for complex real-time interpolation calculations during actual transitions. This preliminary preparation simplifies the runtime implementation while maintaining smooth visual transitions.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying a graphical user interface including a container having a first child element and a second child element; providing for display the container on the graphical user interface in a first state, the first state including display of the first child element, but not the second child element; applying a transition to the container to effectuate a state change of the container from the first state to a second state, the second state including display of the second child element, but not the first child element, applying the transition including applying a crossfade to the container to graphically fade the first child element to the second child element during application of the transition to the container; and after applying the transition, providing for display the container on the graphical user interface in the second state.