Multi-Media Table Gesture Control for Unified Media Device Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current multi-media tables require a cumbersome two-step process for users to configure and control both the device and the set-top box or media device for streaming media content, making it inconvenient for concurrent operation.
Innovation Solution
The system allows for direct control of media content presentation on a touch-sensitive display by detecting gesture-based touch movements, generating corresponding commands, and communicating them to the media device to control the media content event, thereby streamlining the user interface and enhancing user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the multi-media table controller receives media content from a set-top box or media device, then media content can be presented on the touch-sensitive display, but the user must go through a cumbersome two-step process to configure and control both the device and the set-top box
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the control functions of the multi-media table controller and the set-top box into a unified control interface. The touch-sensitive display presents both the media content and control options in a single integrated view, allowing users to control playback, navigation, and device settings without switching between separate configuration steps for the table and the set-top box.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch-sensitive display serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays media content, provides control interfaces for the set-top box, and allows direct interaction with the media player. This multi-functional interface eliminates the need for separate control devices or configuration steps, enabling users to manage both the multi-media table and the set-top box through a single universal interface.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the touch-sensitive display presents both application output and media content events concurrently, then users can work on projects or browse the internet while viewing media content, but the control interface becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The touch-sensitive display is divided into distinct regions or layers: one area presents the media content event while another area provides control interfaces for the media player. This segmentation allows users to interact with media controls without interfering with the media content display, enabling concurrent application operation and media viewing through a structured, organized interface that reduces perceived complexity.
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AI summary
Media content presentation systems and methods are operable to control content presentation on a touch-sensitive display of a multi-media table that is communicatively coupled to a media device that is operable to access the media content. An exemplary embodiment receives, at the multi-media table from the media device, a media content event; presents the media content event on a portion of the touch-sensitive display of the multi-media table; detects a gesture-based touch movement made by a user on the touch-sensitive display; determines an intended user command based on the detected gesture-based touch movement; generates a media device command when the intended user command is configured to control presentation of the media content event; and communicates the generated media device command from the multi-media table to the media device, wherein the media device controls the media content event in accordance with the received media device command.