Panoramic Media Scrolling Interface for Width-Constrained Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional approaches to displaying panoramic media content are dull, inefficient, and result in lower image quality due to scaling down, leading to a poor user experience with significant black or empty regions in width-constrained environments.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that generates an interface with a scroll bar and scroll element for panoramic media content, allowing users to interactively scroll through the content, automatically scrolling when necessary, and adjusting scrolling speed based on user behavior and content characteristics, while maintaining a transitional animation effect.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If panoramic media content is scaled down to fit width-constrained environments, then the content becomes presentable, but image quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a temporal dimension by implementing automatic scrolling that displays different portions of the panoramic content over time. This allows the full-resolution panoramic image to be maintained without scaling, as the content flows horizontally across the screen, presenting different sections at different times rather than compressing the entire panorama into a narrow static space.
2Device complexity
If panoramic media content is displayed in a static manner, then the display is simple, but user experience becomes uninteresting and unappealing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static display into a dynamic one by implementing automatic scrolling functionality. The panoramic content continuously moves across the screen, creating an engaging visual experience. Users can interact with the scrolling (accelerate, decelerate, reverse) to explore content at their own pace, combining automated presentation with user control to enhance engagement while maintaining ease of use.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides self-service by automatically scrolling through the panoramic content without requiring manual user intervention. The scrolling mechanism autonomously presents different portions of the panorama, allowing users to passively consume content while retaining the option to interact if desired. This reduces operational complexity while maintaining user experience quality.
3Use of energy by moving object
If conventional display methods are used, then resource consumption is low, but user experience suffers from black or empty regions and poor interactivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous scrolling that constantly presents useful visual content across the screen. Instead of displaying static images with black or empty regions, the system continuously flows panoramic content across the display area, ensuring that the entire screen is utilized effectively at all times. This continuous presentation eliminates wasted display space while maintaining reasonable resource consumption through efficient rendering.
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AI summary
In some cases, a panoramic media content item to be displayed can be acquired. An interface including a viewable area for displaying at least a portion of the content item can be generated. Based on a size of the content item, a scroll bar can be generated, within the interface, for scrolling the content item. Based on a size of the viewable area, a scroll element can be generated, within the scroll bar, to be movable based on user interactions to scroll the content item. In some cases, at least a first portion of the content item can be automatically scrolled through such that the viewable area displays, over time, at least a second portion of the content item. In some cases, a leftmost or rightmost edge of the content item is displayable via the viewable area. A transitional animation associated with the leftmost or rightmost edge can be performed.