Small Window Hover Box for Seamless Video Multitasking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current terminal devices struggle to seamlessly switch between full-screen video playback and multiple window displays without interrupting the video, failing to provide an efficient user experience for multitasking scenarios like watching videos while accessing instant messaging information.
Innovation Solution
A method is introduced where a terminal device displays a small window in a hover box when a user performs specific gestures or operations, allowing quick switching between full-screen video playback and multiple window displays without affecting the video playback, using gestures such as drawing shapes with a knuckle or tap operations to invoke and manage the small window.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a video is displayed in full screen, then the video playback quality is improved, but the user cannot access other applications simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display into multiple regions: a full-screen video playback area and a separate small window area for other applications. This segmentation allows the video to occupy the majority of the display for high quality playback while enabling simultaneous access to other applications in the small window, thus resolving the contradiction between video quality and multitasking capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new spatial dimension by adding a small window that floats over or alongside the full-screen video. This dimensional addition allows multiple applications to coexist with the full-screen video without compromising the video display quality, thereby enabling multitasking while maintaining immersive video playback
2Adaptability or versatility
If the user switches between full-screen video and multiple windows, then multitasking capability is improved, but the video playback is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent prepares the small window in advance as a separate, independent display area that can be quickly toggled. When the user needs to access other applications, the small window is already positioned and ready, allowing instant switching without interrupting the video playback in the full-screen area. The video continues playing uninterrupted while the user interacts with other applications in the pre-positioned small window
3Adaptability or versatility
If a small window is displayed during full-screen video playback, then multitasking capability is improved, but the interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the small window the only complex element in the interface, while the rest of the display maintains simple full-screen video playback. The small window contains the complexity of multiple application interfaces, but this complexity is localized to a small area that does not interfere with the simplicity and immersion of the main video display area
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AI summary
A method for quickly invoking a small window when a video is displayed in full screen, a graphic user interface, and a terminal are provided. The method may include: When a terminal displays a video playing interface in full screen, the terminal may display a small window in a hover box based on a user operation. A display interface of the small window may be switched. The terminal may further quickly switch between multi-window display and full-screen display based on a user operation. In this process, the terminal continuously plays the video. According to this method, the terminal can quickly switch between multi-window display and full-screen display when continuously playing a video.