Projector UI Layout Adaptation for Projection Area Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic devices for displaying media content in augmented, virtual, mixed, and extended reality environments face challenges in efficiently utilizing projection areas by segmenting them into optimal zones for media content and user interfaces, leading to suboptimal user experience due to occlusions and varying surface shapes.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with a processor that identifies and segments projection areas based on occlusions and surface features, allowing it to display media content in a primary area and a user interface in a secondary area with a layout adapted to the specific dimensions of the secondary area, enhancing the use of available space and user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the projection area is used as a single display zone for media content, then the display area is maximized, but the user interface cannot be displayed separately, reducing interaction capability
Solution Approach 1:
The projection area is segmented into multiple display zones including a first display zone for media content and a second display zone for user interface elements. This segmentation allows simultaneous display of both media content and interactive controls, resolving the contradiction between maximizing display area and maintaining interaction capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the projection area is segmented into multiple zones for media content and user interface, then interaction capability is improved, but the available display area for each zone is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The boundaries and sizes of display zones are dynamically adjustable based on user input and context. The processor can modify the area allocated to the user interface zone versus the media content zone in real-time, allowing optimization of both interaction capability and display area utilization according to current needs.
3Device complexity
If the display layout is fixed, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to different surface shapes and occlusions is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The display layout parameters including zone positions, sizes, and shapes are dynamically changed based on detected environmental conditions such as surface geometry and occlusions. The processor adjusts these parameters automatically to optimize display quality for different projection environments without requiring complex manual configuration.
4Area of stationary object
If the user interface is displayed in the same area as media content, then the display area utilization is maximized, but the user experience is degraded due to overlapping elements
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into distinct zones where media content and user interface elements are separated spatially. This prevents overlapping and visual clutter, improving user experience while still utilizing the projection area efficiently through coordinated display of both elements in their respective zones.
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided for obtaining information for a plane on which light emitted from a projector is to be projected. The electronic device includes a processor, which identifies, from the plane based on the information, a first area having a first ratio, and a second area smaller than the first area. Moreover, the processor obtains, in a state that a media content displays in the first area identified by a communication circuitry, user interface (UI) associated with the media content. The processor controls the projector to display, in the second area, the UI having layout based on a width and a height of the second area. The electronic device may be provided in a metaverse or in a metaverse service for enhancing interconnectivity between real and virtual objects.