HMD Notification Display via Edge Region Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Head-mounted display (HMD) devices struggle to maintain user immersion when interworking with mobile terminals, as push notifications can disrupt the viewing experience by being displayed on the HMD without consideration for the content being viewed.

Innovation Solution

The HMD device is designed to selectively display event notifications based on the type and execution state of the content, allowing users to quickly check and manage notifications without disturbing their immersion, using techniques such as edge-region storage and touch-input controls to minimize disruption.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If push notifications are displayed on the HMD when interworked with a mobile terminal, then event information can be conveyed to the user, but the user's immersion in the content is disturbed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent information deliveryVSAvoiduser immersion disturbance
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The notification is displayed in a specific local region (edge region) of the display screen rather than across the entire display area. This localized display approach conveys event information while minimizing disruption to the user's viewing experience and immersion in the content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The display screen is divided into different regions, with the edge region specifically allocated for notifications. This segmentation allows event information to be conveyed separately from the main content, enabling users to perceive notifications without being disturbed from their immersion in the primary content being viewed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Object-affected harmful factors

If event notifications are limitedly displayed on the HMD, then user immersion is maintained, but the user cannot rapidly check event occurrences

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser immersion maintenanceVSAvoidevent checking time
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The notification is pre-positioned in the edge region of the display screen, making it immediately visible and accessible to the user without requiring additional actions or time to locate. This preliminary positioning allows users to rapidly check event occurrences while maintaining immersion in the content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of information

If notifications are displayed without selective control, then all events are conveyed to the user, but the HMD's characteristic features are not reflected and the user experience is degraded

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent information completenessVSAvoiduser experience quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The notification display is dynamically controlled based on the type and execution state of the content being viewed. The controller selectively determines whether to display notifications in the edge region according to content characteristics, reflecting the HMD's adaptive capabilities and enhancing user experience by providing context-appropriate information delivery.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3246788B1Head mounted display device and method for controlling the same
Publication Date: 2019.06.19 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A head mounted display (HMD) device(200) including a communication processor configured to communicate with a mobile terminal(100); a display(251) configured to display a content received from the mobile terminal(100); and a controller configured to in response to an event generated on the mobile terminal(100), selectively display an object on the display(251) corresponding to the event generated on the mobile terminal(100), based on a type of the displayed content.