Prioritized Offscreen Indicators for Mobile UI Clutter Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in tracking the last-displayed positions of multiple objects that move offscreen on a device, leading to a degraded user experience due to the lack of effective assistance from existing technologies.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device prioritizes objects based on display priority values, which are determined by factors such as engagement scores and object characteristics, and displays offscreen indicators only for prioritized objects that meet specific criteria, such as being close to the edge of the screen or satisfying positional changes, while omitting indicators for less prioritized objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If offscreen indicators are displayed for all objects that move offscreen, then complete tracking information is provided, but interface clutter increases and user attention is diluted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making offscreen indicators differentiated in appearance based on their priority level. High-priority offscreen indicators are displayed with distinctive visual characteristics (such as different colors, sizes, or animation patterns) compared to low-priority indicators, allowing users to quickly identify important offscreen objects without being overwhelmed by uniform indicators for all objects.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts only the most relevant offscreen indicators based on priority criteria and displays them, while omitting or de-emphasizing indicators for low-priority objects. This selective extraction approach maintains essential tracking information while reducing interface clutter by removing unnecessary visual elements.
2Loss of information
If offscreen indicators are displayed for multiple objects simultaneously, then comprehensive tracking is achieved, but user focus is分散 and navigation efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the visual parameters of offscreen indicators based on object priority. High-priority objects receive indicators with enhanced visual parameters (greater brightness, larger size, more prominent positioning) while low-priority objects receive indicators with reduced visual parameters, enabling users to rapidly scan and identify important offscreen objects without being distracted by less important ones.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments offscreen indicators into different priority levels, creating distinct visual categories for high-priority and low-priority objects. This segmentation allows users to mentally organize and process indicators hierarchically, focusing first on high-priority items and only considering low-priority items when necessary, thereby improving navigation efficiency.
3Loss of information
If the device tracks and displays indicators for all offscreen objects, then full awareness is maintained, but cognitive load on the user increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing differentiated visual treatment for offscreen indicators based on priority. Instead of presenting a uniform array of indicators that require equal cognitive processing, the system uses visual hierarchy to guide user attention, reducing cognitive load by making important information stand out and less important information recede into the background.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and displays only the most cognitively relevant offscreen indicators by applying priority-based filtering. This extraction approach maintains essential awareness of offscreen objects while eliminating unnecessary visual noise that would increase cognitive load, presenting users with a curated set of indicators that demand their attention.
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AI summary
A method is performed at an electronic device with a one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and a display. The method includes obtaining a first semantic label value associated with a first object. The method includes determining, based on the first semantic label value, a first display priority value associated with the first object. The method includes prioritizing the first object over a second object based on the first display priority value. The method includes, in response to determining that the first object satisfies an offscreen criterion, displaying, on the display, an offscreen indicator that is associated with the first object according to the prioritization.