Remote Control UI Layout Customization for One-Handed Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile device user interfaces for one-handed use are not tailored to individual user biometrics and device dimensions, leading to inefficiencies and user frustration.
Innovation Solution
A customizable user interface that adjusts dimensions and layout based on user biometric data, interaction history, and crowdsource information to optimize one-handed use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user interface is reduced to a predetermined size for one-handed use, then accessibility for one-handed operation is improved, but the interface does not account for individual user biometrics and device dimensions leading to user frustration
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically changes interface parameters (size, position, layout) based on detected user biometrics such as hand size and finger length. The interface customization module adjusts these parameters in real-time to optimize one-handed operation for each individual user, resolving the contradiction between standardized accessibility and personalized adaptation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects user biometrics and configures the interface without requiring manual user input. The biometric detection module and interface customization module work together to self-adjust the interface based on the user's physical characteristics, eliminating the need for users to manually configure settings while achieving personalized optimization.
2Ease of operation
If the user interface is shifted downward to improve upper portion accessibility, then one-handed use is facilitated, but the interface remains a static version without modifications to interface elements
Solution Approach 1:
The interface transitions from a static shifted version to a dynamic customized version. The system continuously adapts interface element positions, sizes, and configurations based on real-time biometric data and usage patterns, allowing the interface to evolve and optimize itself rather than remaining fixed in a predetermined state.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary configuration of interface elements based on detected biometrics before the user begins interaction. By pre-customizing the interface layout and element sizes according to the user's hand dimensions, the system prepares the optimal configuration in advance, eliminating the need for manual adjustment during use.
3Ease of manufacture
If a standardized one-handed interface mode is implemented, then ease of implementation is improved, but the interface fails to account for variations in hand sizes and device dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual configuration methods with automated biometric detection and algorithmic interface customization. Instead of requiring users to manually adjust interface settings or developers to create multiple predefined modes, the system uses biometric sensors and processing algorithms to automatically determine optimal interface parameters, achieving both simplicity and precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates continuous feedback loops where biometric detection data informs interface customization, which in turn affects user interaction patterns. The system monitors usage and can refine customization based on feedback, creating an adaptive system that improves over time while maintaining ease of use through automation.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments for intelligently customizing a user interface on a remote control. In a non-limiting embodiment, a method operates by receiving a user input associated with customizing the user interface for one-hand use when the user interface is in a first configuration. The user interface may a user interface element and the first configuration includes a first dimension of the user interface. In an embodiment, the user input is a touch-based gesture received on a touchscreen of the remote control. A user may be identified responsive to receiving the user input and the user interface may be customized from the first configuration to a second configuration based on an interface customization parameter. In an embodiment, the customizing includes reducing the first dimension of the user interface to a second dimension to allow for one-hand use by the user.