Intelligent Display Interface for Reducing Navigation Complexity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current high-end televisions with network connectivity and advanced operating systems often result in complex and difficult-to-navigate user interfaces, especially when accessing new features.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus with user input circuitry, a processor, and non-transitory computer-readable media that executes instruction code to receive user commands, search for scenes in video content based on metadata, and update the user interface to depict relevant scene images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If advanced operating systems and network connectivity are added to televisions, then functionality and feature variety are improved, but user interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into multiple interactive modes including voice commands, gesture recognition, and traditional remote control options. This allows users to select the most convenient interaction method for their needs, reducing the perceived complexity while maintaining advanced functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
An intelligent processor acts as an intermediary between the user and the complex system, interpreting natural language commands and translating them into appropriate system actions. This mediator layer shields users from underlying system complexity while enabling access to advanced features.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more features are added to the television system, then adaptability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects user preferences and behavior patterns, then dynamically adjusts the user interface to present only relevant features and options. This self-adapting interface reduces navigation complexity by filtering out unnecessary features while maintaining full functionality when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface dynamically reconfigures itself based on context, user preferences, and current activities. Features are presented in a flexible, adaptive manner that simplifies operation for common tasks while preserving access to advanced functionality when required.
3Ease of operation
If traditional remote control interfaces are used, then ease of operation is maintained, but access to new features becomes frustratingly complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system supports multiple interaction modalities including voice commands, gesture recognition, and traditional remote control, with each mode capable of accessing all system features. This multi-functional approach allows users to leverage the simplicity of traditional controls for basic tasks while using alternative methods for more complex operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces purely mechanical button-pressing interactions with intelligent voice recognition and gesture-based controls. This substitution maintains ease of operation for simple commands while enabling more natural and intuitive access to complex features through speech and motion.
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AI summary
A display apparatus includes presence detection circuitry for detecting an individual in proximity to the display apparatus; a display for displaying video content and a user interface; a processor in communication with the user input circuitry, the display, and the search history database; and non-transitory computer readable media in communication with the processor that stores instruction code. The instruction code is executed by the processor and causes the processor to: a) determine, from the presence detection circuitry, a user in proximity of the display apparatus; b) determine one or more program types associated with the user; c) determine available programs that match the predicted one or more programs; and d) update the user interface to depict a listing of one or more of the available programs that match the predicted one or more programs.