Dynamic GUI Realignment for Touch Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
As the diversity of content on display devices such as TVs increases, there is a growing need for effective navigation functions to help users quickly find desired content.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus with a touch panel display, processor, memory, and communication interface, capable of executing instructions to control the UI screen based on control signals from a remote control, and providing a touch mode by realigning GUI items while maintaining the focus on a specific item.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the UI screen uses a fixed layout with GUI items in predetermined positions, then the navigation function is simple to implement, but the user cannot quickly access desired content when content diversity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by enabling the UI layout to change dynamically in response to touch inputs. When a user touches the display, the GUI items are realigned so that items in the touched area move to maintain their relative positions while items in other areas are redistributed. This dynamic realignment allows the interface to adapt to user interactions, improving navigation efficiency without requiring complex predetermined layout configurations for every possible scenario.
2Ease of operation
If the UI screen allows free repositioning of all GUI items in response to touch inputs, then the navigation efficiency is improved, but the stability of the interface layout deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating the treatment of GUI items based on their spatial relationship to the touch input. Items located in the touched area are realigned to maintain their relative positions and remain stable, while items in non-touched areas are redistributed. This selective approach ensures that the interface remains stable in the area where the user is interacting, while still allowing flexibility in other areas to optimize content access.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the focus GUI remains fixed on a specific GUI item during touch mode, then the navigation function is simplified, but the adaptability to different touch input locations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics to the focus management system by making the focus GUI dynamically track the user's interaction area. Instead of remaining fixed on a predetermined item, the focus GUI automatically adjusts its position based on where the user touches the display. This dynamic focus adjustment simplifies the user experience by always highlighting the relevant area, while the system manages the complexity internally through automated realignment algorithms.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is an electronic apparatus and method of controlling same, the electronic apparatus including: a display including a touch panel; a memory storing instructions; a communication interface; a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to: control a display state of a user interface (UI) screen based on a control signal received through the communication interface from a remote control apparatus, wherein the UI screen includes a plurality of graphic user interface (GUI) items and a focus GUI located on a first GUI item among the plurality of GUI items being provided through the display, and based on identifying a touch input for an area of the display, provide a touch mode by realigning a location of a GUI item from among the plurality of GUI items while a location of a GUI item related to the area from among the plurality of GUI items remains fixed.