Page Navigation with Multi-Source 3D Focus Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices without a mouse, keyboard, or touch screen, such as large-screen devices and VR/AR devices, face inefficiencies in page navigation due to reliance on single navigation sources like arrow keys, leading to increased keystrokes and reduced navigation efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize multiple information sources, including a mouse, keyboard, remote control, and sensors like cameras and motion detectors, to generate and execute independent page navigation commands, enabling faster and more accurate focus movement through three-dimensional navigation and candidate focus switching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If arrow keys on the keyboard are used to move the focus from one element to another, then the navigation can be performed, but the focus must go through all elements on the path and can require many keystrokes, thereby reducing the navigation efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a three-dimensional navigation space by combining traditional two-dimensional keyboard navigation with spatial positioning through cameras and motion sensors. This allows the system to navigate not only left-right and up-down but also through depth and spatial layers, enabling direct access to elements without sequential keystrokes through all intermediate elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces auxiliary navigation information sources (cameras, motion sensors, wearable devices) as intermediaries between the user and the interface elements. These intermediaries provide additional navigation dimensions and can directly indicate target elements, reducing the need for sequential keystrokes and improving overall navigation efficiency.
2Productivity
If multiple information sources are used for navigation, then navigation efficiency is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the navigation system universal by enabling multiple information sources (mouse, keyboard, remote control, cameras, motion sensors, wearable devices) to all serve the same navigation function. This allows a single unified navigation framework to handle diverse input methods, improving efficiency without proportionally increasing complexity through standardized processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple navigation information sources into a unified navigation command generation system. By combining inputs from traditional devices (mouse, keyboard) and auxiliary devices (cameras, sensors, wearables), the system creates a synergistic effect where the whole is greater than the sum of parts, improving navigation efficiency while managing complexity through integration.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic apparatus and a page navigation method thereof are provided. The page navigation method includes obtaining first navigation information from a first information source, and obtaining second navigation information from a second information source, generating a first page navigation command based on the first navigation information, and generating a second page navigation command based on the second navigation information, and executing the first page navigation command and the second page navigation command.