Peak Display Control for Temporal Sequence Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display technologies struggle to simultaneously display multiple levels on a single device while allowing users to easily recognize the temporal sequence of these levels, often resulting in decreased level display sensation due to omitted or hard-to-interpret information.
Innovation Solution
A display control apparatus that uses a combination of peak display control units to maintain different display manners for current and previous signal levels, fading out previous peak displays over time to prevent discomfort and maintain level display sensation, while using brightness degradation to indicate temporal changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple levels are simultaneously displayed on one display device, then the information completeness is improved, but the user's ability to recognize temporal sequence deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies brightness changes to differentiate between current and previous peak displays. The current peak display maintains full brightness while previous peak displays are faded out, creating a visual distinction that helps users recognize temporal sequence. This is achieved through the third peak display control unit which adjusts brightness based on passing time period.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic fading out of previous peak displays based on passing time periods. The third peak display control unit continuously adjusts the brightness of previous peak displays according to elapsed time, creating a dynamic temporal visualization that maintains information completeness while enabling temporal sequence recognition.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If previous peak display is switched off to display current level, then the display clarity is improved, but the level display sensation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different display qualities to different parts of the display based on temporal relevance. Current peak displays maintain full brightness and visibility while previous peak displays are faded out. This local differentiation maintains display clarity for current information while preserving level display sensation through the continued presence of faded previous levels.
3Device complexity
If the same display manner is used for current and previous levels, then the device complexity is reduced, but the temporal sequence recognition deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the brightness parameter of previous peak displays based on passing time period. The third peak display control unit adjusts brightness as a function of time, creating a dynamic parameter change that enables temporal sequence recognition without requiring complex control mechanisms. This simple parameter adjustment effectively communicates temporal information.
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AI summary
A display control apparatus is provided. Every time when the level of the signal is obtained, the peak display with respect to the level of the signal is initiated by the first peak display control unit in a predetermined display manner in the display position obtained by the peak position obtaining unit. On the other hand, the previous peak displays being displayed according to the level of the signal obtained at a previous time and a time before the previous time is continued, and the display manner of the previous peak display being displayed is changed according to the second peak display control unit. Accordingly, while one and more than one level are simultaneously displayed on one display device, the temporal sequence of the levels, which is simultaneously displayed with different display manners, can be recognized by the user.