Customizable Remote Controller Interface with Dynamic Button Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional information processing apparatuses for remote controllers lack an intuitive and customizable user interface, making it difficult for users to efficiently arrange and manage operation buttons across multiple electronic instruments.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that displays operation screens with customizable features, allowing users to edit and arrange operation elements on a screen, including displaying placement location images, adjusting sizes, and assigning identification information, enabling easy customization and management of buttons.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple remote controllers are used for different electronic instruments, then each instrument can be controlled with dedicated buttons, but the user must manage multiple devices and the interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple remote controller functions into a single device. The control apparatus integrates operation buttons for multiple different electronic instruments (television, audio equipment, etc.) into one unified remote controller, eliminating the need to manage multiple separate remote controllers while maintaining full control capability for each instrument.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote controller is designed with universal functionality to control various types of electronic instruments. It includes operation buttons that can be assigned to different instruments, allowing a single device to perform multiple control functions across different device types, thereby reducing the total number of remote controllers needed.
2Ease of operation
If operation buttons are customized for each electronic instrument, then the interface can be tailored to user preferences, but the complexity of customizing and managing buttons increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the operation buttons into different categories or groups corresponding to different electronic instruments. Each instrument's buttons can be organized separately, allowing users to customize and manage buttons for each instrument independently. This segmentation simplifies the customization process by breaking down the complex task of organizing all buttons into manageable instrument-specific groups.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote controller interface is designed to be dynamic and reconfigurable. Users can adjust the arrangement, visibility, and assignment of operation buttons based on their preferences and usage patterns. The interface adapts to user needs by allowing flexible customization of button layouts and instrument groupings, making the system easier to operate while maintaining customization capability.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a user interface easy to customize. An information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus including a control unit. The control unit included in this information processing apparatus displays an operation screen on a display surface of a display unit in a case where an operation of editing a plurality of operation elements placed on the operation screen is performed to place each operation element on an edit screen. In addition, while displaying the operation screen on the display surface of the display unit, this control unit displays a part of an image indicating a placement location on the edit screen of each operation element on the display surface.